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DEC   1862 


-IBRARY 

NIVERS1TY  OF 
CALIFORNIA 

iAN  DIEGO 


KINSTON, 
WHITEHALL  AND  GOLDSBORO 

(NORTH  CAROLINA i 

EXPEDITION, 

December,   1862. 


NK\V    YORK. 

W.    W.    HOWE, 

1-17   E.   37TH  STREET, 

1890, 


Copyrighted  by 
\V.  \v    HOWE,  NEW  YORK  CITY, 

1890. 


Go  tbe 

MOTHERS 

WHO  WERE  EVER  THOUGHTFUL    OF  THEIR 
ABSENT  ONES,   AND  TO  THOSE 

COMRADES 

WHO  ANSWERED  THE  LAST  CALL 
AND     HAVK     PASSED     TO     THE    OTHER    SIDE,   ALSO    TO    MY 

COMRADES 

WHO  HAVE  BEEN  LEFT  BEHIND  TO  FIGHT 
THE  BATTLE  OF  LIFE, 

THIS  LITTLE  MEMENTO, 

IS    RESPECTFULLY  DEDICATED.  WITH   THE   HOPE 

THAT  THE    MEMORIES   IT   WILL   REVIVE 

\\lLi.  SEKVE  TO   UNITE  US  AS    STRONGLY  IN  THE   FUTURE 

AS  IN  THOSE  DAYS  OF 

"  '62." 


PREFACE. 

The  letter  press  from  New  York  Herald,  Dec. 
20-25,  1862,  by  permission,  also  New  York  Times. 
The  illustrations  of  Kinston,  Whitehall  and  Golds- 
boro,  also  portrait  of  Gen.  J.  G  Foster,  are  re- 
produced from  Harper's  History  of  the  Rebellion, 
by  arrangement  with  Messrs.  Harpers  Brothers. 

New  York,  Dec.  1,  1890. 


CONTENTS. 


Commencement  of  the  March,        .....    9 

Battle  of  Kinston 14 

Battle  of  Whitehall ll> 

Battle  of  Goldsboro, 17 

Death  of  Colonel  C.  O.  Grey 58 

Losses  in  the  Three  Battles, 77 

Death  of  Major  General  John  G.  Foster,        .        .         .82 
Obsequies  of  Major  General  John  G.  Foster,      .        .       86 

List  of  Regiments  in  the  Expedition 80 

Index,  98 


KINSTON,  WHITEHALL,  GOLDSBORO 
NORTH    CAROLINA. 

EXPEDITION,  DECEMBER,  1862. 


IN  THE  FIELD,  FIFTEEN  MILES  FROM  J 
NEW  BERNE,  DEC.  11,  1862.          \ 

Major  General  J.  G.  Foster  commenced  a 
movement  of  his  army  from  New  Berne  this 
morning.  At  3  p.  m.  we  came  upon  the 
enemy's  pickets  (near  our  present  camping 
ground),  when  three  prisoners  were  taken  by 
the  advance  guard  of  the  Third  New  York 
Cavalry.  In  attempting  to  press  forward  we 
found  the  road  densely  blockaded  by  felled 
trees;  this  blockade  extended  for  several  hun- 
dred yards,  being  situated  in  the  midst  of  a 
swamp  possessing  an  abundance  of  creeks. 
Owing  to  this  obstruction  it  became  abso- 


IP  Kinston,    Whitehall,   Goldsboro. 

lutely  necessary  to  halt  here  for  the  night. 
During  the  same  time  the  woods  were  cleared 
and  with  great  rapidity,  too,  by  pioneers 
from  several  regiments  and  a  strong  force  of 
"  pioneer  contrabands  " — the  latter  under  the 
direction  of  the  civil  engineer  of  this  de- 
partment, Henry  W.  Wilson. 

DECEMBER  12,  1862. 

During  the  past^night  the  Ninth  New  Jer- 
sey Infantry,  under  command  of  Colonel 
Heckmann,  advanced  through  the  swamp 
and  took  up  a  position  within  three  miles  of 
Trenton,  engaging  the  enemy  successfully  for 
a  short  time. 

At  9.30  o'clock  to-day  we  came  upon  a 
body  of  rebel  cavalry  and  an  ambush  of 
rebel  infantry.  Captain  Marshall,  with  Com- 
pany B. ,  of  the  Third  New  York  Cavalry, 
charged  the  enemy's  cavalry,  driving  them 
ahead,  taking  seven  prisoners  and  wounding 
or  killing  the  captain  of  the  company,  be- 
sides killing  and  wounding  a  few  others.  In 


Winston,    Whitehall,   Goldsboro.  11 

this  charge  we  lost  four  men,  who  were  taken 
prisoners ;  also  Franklin  Kingsley,  who  was 
wounded  in  the  leg,  and  Augustus  G.  Butler, 
who  was  wounded  in  the  side.  We  had 
other  light  skirmishing  during  the  day  ;  also 
took  a  few  more  prisoners. 

DECEMBER  13,  1862. 

We  advanced  at  daylight,  making  several 
feints  on  -various  roads,  but  always  finding 
the  enemy  posted  in  such  a  manner  as  to  be 
able  to  destroy  the  bridges  and  other  wise  re- 
tarding our  movements.  About  9  o'clock, 
Company  K.,  Captain  Cole,  of  the  Third 
New  York  Cavalry,  came  upon  the  enemy 
at  a  place  called  Southwest  Creek.  The 
rebels  had  an  earthwork  thrown  up  directly 
across  the  road.  Behind  it  they  had  posted 
four  guns.  Captain  Cole  attempted  to  charge 
across  the  Bridge,  but  found  it  partially  de- 
stroyed. He  then"  retired  a  short  distance, 
after  leaving  John  Costello  wounded  in  the 
face,  when  the  rebels  opened  lire  with  their 


12  Ivinston,    Whitehall,    Goldsboro. 

artillery  and  small  arms.  We  returned  the 
fire  with  carbines,  driving  the  enemy  for 
several  minutes  from  a  piece  of  his  artillery, 
which  was  posted  at  the  other  end  of  the 
bridge.  About  this  time  Lieutenant-Colonel 
Mix  arrived  with  a  force  of  cavalry  and  a 
section  of  the  Third  New  York  Artillery, 
under  command  of  Lieutenant  Day.  This 
section  opened  fire  with  shot  with  good  effect. 

Near  10  o'clock  the  Ninth  New  Jersey  In- 
fantry was  brought  into  action  ;  also  Mor- 
rison's battery,  of  the  Third  New  York  Ar- 
tillery. By  the  aid  of  both  of  these  forces 
the  enemy  was  soon  driven  from  his  position. 
As  soon  as  the  battery  ceased  firing,  the 
Ninth  New  Jersey  forded  the  creek  and 
charged  upon  the  battery.  The  battery  was 
taken,  the  old  flag  of  the  Union  waved  over 
it,  and  cheers  were  given  and  an  interesting 
scene  enacted.  9 

While*  the  bridge  was  being  rebuilt,  and 
while  the  "black  pioneer  brigade"  was 
again  making  itself  eminently  useful,  Colo- 


Kinston,    Whitehall,    Goldsboro.  13 

nel  Heckmann  pushed  forward  with  theNinth 
New  Jersey,  again  engaging  the  enemy,  cap- 
turing a  Kodman  gun,  killing  three  of  the 
enemy  and  taking  a  few  more  prisoners. 
Colonel  Heokmann  was  soon  after  supported 
by  Brigadier- General  Wessell's  brigade. 

Just  as  the  sun  was  sinking  in  the  west 
we  came  upon  two  regiments  of  rebel  infan- 
try and  two  of  their  pieces  of  artillery,  posted 
on  a  rise  of  ground  behind  a  dense  woods. 
The  Ninth  New  Jersey  once  more  advanced 
and  drove  the  enemy  back  upon  their  guns 
after  a  rapid  and  sharp  fire,  when  Captain 
Morrison's  battery,  of  the  Third  New  York 
Artillery,  forced  him  to  retire  from  his  po- 
sition, ceasing  his  fire  altogether.  Before 
the  Ninth  New  Jersey  got  engaged,  Captain 
Cole,  with  Company  K.,  of  the  Third  New 
York  Cavalry,  charged  the  enemy,  clearing 
the  road  and  driving  the  rebels  to  the  woods. 
In  this  charge  Franklin  Chapman  was 
wounded  in  the  leg.  Night  having  set  in, 
we  encamped  about  three  miles  and  a  half 


14  Kinston,    Whitehall,    Goldsboro. 

or  four  miles  from  Kinston.     In  the  evening 

affair  our  losses  were  :   Clifford,  of  the 

Ninth   New   Jersey,  jaw  broken  ;  and 

Neucommer  of  the   same   regiment,    taken 
prisoner. 

DECEMBER  14,  1862. 

Almost  immediately  after  commencing 
anew  our  advance,  we  came  upon  a  force  of 
the  enemy,  entering  into  a  heavy  skirmish 
and  then  a  general  engagement. 

The  Ninth  New  Jersey  advanced  slowly 
down  the  road  and  then  into  the  woods  on 
either  side.  These  skirmishers  stood  their 
ground  until  their  entire  stock  of  ammunition 
was  exhausted,  when  the  Eighty-fifth  Penn  • 
sylvania  was  ordered  up  to  support  the  Ninth. 
They  did  their  duty  well.  This  was  at  10 
o'clock.  The  enemy  having  brought  his  ar- 
tillery into  action,  we  returned  a  similar  and 
much  more  effective  fire  from  Captain  Mor- 
rison' s  battery,  of  the  Third  New  York  Ar- 
tillery, the  latter  being  posted  in  a  small 
field,  on  a  rise  of  ground,  within  eight  hun- 


JKinston,    Whitehall,    Goldsboro.  15 

dred  yards  of  the  enemy.  Soon  after  Cap- 
tains Schenck's  and  E.  S.  Jeriney's  batter- 
ies were  brought  into  play,  from  different 
and  the  best  available  positions  on  either  side 
of  the  road.  The  engagement  having  be- 
come more  general,  Brigadier- Gfeneral  Wes- 
sell's  brigade  was  ordered  up.  It  comprised 
the  Eighty-fifth,  One  Hundred  and  First  and 
One  Hundred  and  Third  Pennsylvania,  and 
the  Eighty-eighth,  Ninety -second  and  Nine- 
ty-sixth New  York.  After  the  Forty-fifth, 
Seventeenth  and  Twenty-third  Massachusetts 
Regiments  had  been  ordered  up,  General 
Wessel,  who  was  on  the  field,  ordered  the 
execution  of  a  flank  movement  on  the 
enemy's  battery  So  it  was  that  while  a  small 
portion  of  this  force  operated  to  the  left,  the 
remainder  moved  through  a  woods  to  the 
right,  also  flanking  a  swamp,  and  got  a  po- 
sition on  the  line  of  an  open  field  that  en- 
abled our  men  to  play  upon  the  enemy  with 
intense  effect  and  remarkable  execution. 
The  Ninth  New  Jersey,  after  sustaining  a 


16  JCinston,    Whitehall,    Goldsboro. 

terriffic  fire  from  the  enemy,  obtained  a  po- 
sition close  to  the  bridge,  being  handsomely 
supported  by  the  Seventeenth  Massachusetts, 
and  then  it  was  that  we  found  ourselves 
almost  on  the  banks  of  the  Neuse  river,  with 
a  long  fortification  on  the  opposite  side. 
This  fortification,  one  hundred  and  seventy- 
five  feet  long,  thoroughly  commanded  all 
the  approaches  to  the  bridge.  In  it  and  sup. 
porting  it  were  three  companies  of  light  ar- 
tillery, four  companies  of  heavy  artillery, 
two  North  Carolina  regiments,  the  Second, 
Seventeenth,  Eighteenth  and  Twenty-third 
South  Carolina  Regiments,  a  portion  of  the 
Third  North  Carolina  Cavalry,  part  of  Ma- 
jor Nethei cote's  battalion,  and  the  Raleigh 
detachment,  under  command  of  Colonel 
Molett,  who  was  wounded  in  the  leg — in  all 
about  six  thousand  strong. 

The  Forty-fifth  and  Twenty-third  Massa- 
chusetts Regiments  advanced  to  the  right 
and  helped  to  execute  the  flank  movement. 
While  the  above  was  being  done,  Captain 


Kinston,    Whitehall,   Goldsboro.  17 

Jacobs,  with  his  company  of  the  Third  New 
York  Cavalry  and  some  light  (Third  New 
York)  artillery,  advanced  on  another  road, 
to  the  right  of  the  main  column,  and  at- 
tracted as  well  as  distracted  the  attention  of 
the  enemy. 

Captain  Jacobs  came  upon  a  regiment  of 
rebel  infantry,  engaged  them,  drove  them 
off  with  artillery,  and  then  charged  his  men 
'across,  thereby  saving  quite  an  important 
bridge.  Another  diversion  was  created  by 
Major  Garrard,  who  was  sent  another  road 
with  a  portion  of  his  battalion  of  the  Third 
New  York  Cavalry,  one  piece  of  Allis'  Fly- 
ing Artillery  and  two  or  three  other  light 
field  pieces. 

The  gunboats,  under  command  of  Captain 
Murray,  of  the  navy,  and  Lieutenant-Colo- 
nel Manchester,  advanced  up  to  the  blockade 
and  kept  up  a  heavy  firing.  By  this  means 
General  Evans  was  mystified  regarding  our 
order  of  movements  that  he  would  not  bring 
the  entire  force  under  his  command  into  op- 


18  Kinston,    Whitehall,   Goldsboro. 

eration  in   such   a  manner  as   to   unitedly 
affect  our  main  column. 

After  a  sharp  engagement  for  over  three 
hours,  we  drove  the  enemy  from  his  en- 
trenchments and  got  possession  of  the 
bridge.  The  latter  was  fired  in  three  places, 
but  the  Ninth  New  Jersey,  a  few  of  the 
Third  New  York  Artillery,  and  the  Provost- 
Marshall,  Major  Franklin,  advanced  in 
haste  and  put  out  the  flames  before  the  fire* 
had  done  any  material  injury.  Immediately 
our  advance  regiments  crossed,  when  the 
Tenth  Connecticut  advanced  upon  the  enemy 
and  drove  him  over  the  fields  forcing  him  to 
retreat  to  the  further  end  of  the  town. 

KINSTON,  N.  C.,  DEC.  14,  1862.  | 
[  AFTERNOON.  J         f 

Your  correspondent  crossed  with  the 
regiment,  and  Ninth  New  Jersey,  and  found 
lying  on  the  bridge  three  or  four  men  who 
had  been  shot  down,  smothered  by  the 
smoke,  and  burned  by  the  flames ;  also  an 
abundance  of  arms.  Soon  after  we  found 


Kinston,    Whitehall,    Goldsboro.  19 

that  we  had  captured  eleven  pieces  of  artil- 
lery, taken  400  prisoners,  (all  of  whom  were 
paroled  by  the  provost-marshal),  1,000 
rounds  of  heavy  ammunition,  500  stands  of 
arms,  a  dozen  or  so  gun  carriages  and  a  large 
quantity  of  commissary  and  quartermaster 
stores.  These  latter  were  solely  saved 
through  the  exertions  of  Major  Franklin, 
who  found  them  in  flames  at  the  storehouses. 
We  found  the  railroad  depot  in  flames  and 
that  was  also  saved. 

On  looking  around  tne  town  we  found 
every  evidence  of  our  large  and  small  shot 
having  taken  excellent  effect.  By  the  time 
two  or  three  .of  our  regiments  had  crossed, 
Major-Gfeneral  Foster  dispatched  Col.  Potter, 
under  a  flag  of  truce,  to  communicate  with 
Gren.  Evans,  and  to  demand  a  surrender  of  his 
forces.  The  flag  was  recognized.  We  found 
the  rebel  regiments  retreating  up  the  rail- 
road and  on  the  road  and  in  various  ways, 
straggling  and  otherwise,  toward  Golds- 
boro. 


20  ICinston,    Whitehall,    G-oldsboro. 

General  Evans  refused  to  comply,  on  high 
military  grounds,  etc.  Soon  after  our  ar- 
tillery commenced  anew  to  shell  the  rebels 
across  the  town,  firing  low — in  fact  so  low 
that  some  of  the  shells  swept  very  closely 
over  our  heads.  General  Evans  then  sent, 
by  flag  of  truce,  his  compliments,  etc.,  to 
Gen.  Foster,  and  requested  a  place  of  safety 
for  the  women  and  children,  as  he  intended 
to  return  the  fire  from  his  artillery.  Our  ar- 
tillery ceased  firing,  and  the  women  and  chil- 
dren that  could  be  found  were  conducted  to  a 
place  of  safety,  when,  we  found,  on  prepar- 
ing again  for  action,  that  the  bird  had  flown  ; 
that  General  Evans  had  succeeded  during 
the  flag  of  truce  operations  in  safely  con- 
ducting off  what  remained  of  his  entire  com- 
mand. We  then  advanced  a  short  distance 
and  encamped  for  the  night. 

Our  loss  in  wounded  is  between  100  and 
120.  Our  total  loss  in  killed,  wounded  and 
missing  will  not  exceed  150.  Colonel  Gray,  of 
the  Ninety-sixth  New  York,  was  killed.  Two 


Kinston,    Whitehall,   Goldsboro.  21 

or  three  other  officers  were  wounded  We 
cannot  at  this  time  ascertain  the  names  of 
these. 

All  the  combinations  worked  well,  and 
General  Foster  deserves  great  credit  for  not 
only  his  plan  of  operations,  but  also  the 
effective  manner  in  which  he  carried  them 
out. 

General  Foster  will  recommend  Colonel 
Heckmann,  of  the  Ninth  New  Jersey,  for  a 
brigadier-generalship.  Colonel  Hunt,  of  the 
Ninety-second  New  York,  made  two  splen- 
did charges  with  his  regiment,  and  will  also 
be  recommended  for  a  brigadier-generalship. 
The  Tenth  Connecticut  lost  heavily.  They 
fought  until  they  used  up  all  their  ammuni- 
tion, and  then  advanced  with  the  bayonet. 

General  Foster  highly  commends  Colonel 
Ledlie,  acting  brigadier-general  of  artil- 
lery, for  the  energetic  and  skillful  manner 
in  which  he  operated  a  portion  of  his  pieces, 
or  those  brought  into  action. 

During   the    engagement,    Captain    Cole, 


22  Kin&ton,    Whitehall,    Goldsboro, 

with  Company  K,  of  the  Third  New  York 
Cavalry,  was  in  position  in  the  nearest  open 
field,  ready  for  a  charge,  if  such  a  thing  was 
possible,  notwithstanding  the  shot  and  shell 
which  fell  around  the  company  on  all  sides. 

During  the  whole  affair  all  the  troops 
engaged  behaved  with  great  courage,  and 
promptly  executed  the  orders  of  the  com- 
manding generals. 

We  advance  for  Goldsboro  at  daylight 
to-morrow. 

On  the  road,  just  after  crossing  the  bridge, 
we  found  the  following  letter  (it  evidently 
had  been  dropped  during  the  course  of  the 
enemy's  hasty  retreat): 

GOLDSBORO,  Dec.  14,  1862. 

Genera/  Evans:  All  the  men  I  have  here  have 
been  sent  to  you.  You  received  them  last  night. 
Rogers  is  nearly  with  you,  400  strong.  I  under- 
stand from  rumors  that  three  other  regiments  are 
on  their  way  here  from  Petersburg. 

J.  A.  J.  BRADFORD. 

We  learn  that  the  Rogers  force  arrived 
just  in  time  to  retreat. 


Jiinston,    Whitehall,    Gohlsboro.  23 

The  rebels  destroyed  some  eighty  or 
ninety  bales  of  cotton.  This  we  found  burn- 
ing as  we  entered  the  town.  Most  of  it 
belonged  to  a  Scotchman  named  Nicolo. 

During  the  evening  a  house  accidentally 
got  on  fire,  when  the  flames  communicated 
to  three  or  four  others,  all  being  destroyed. 
Energetic  measures  were  taken  to  subdue 
the  flames. 

The  provost  guard  arrangement  works 
admirably.  Little  or  no  damage  is  being 
done.  The  good  conduct  of  the  troops  is 
remarkable. 

FIFTH   DAY. 

IN  THE  FIELD,  DEC.  15,  1862. 
We  moved  out  of  Kinston  at  a  very  early 
hour  this  morning,  and  marched  up  the  line 
of  the  Neuse  River  on  the  side  opposite  to 
that  place.  The  road  lay  through  a  section 
of  country  hilly  and  comparatively  poor. 
During  the  day  we  came  upon  the  enemy's 
pickets  and  drove  them  in,  taking  three  or 


24  Kinston,    Whitehall,    Goldsboro. 

four  prisoners.  By  sunset  we  had  marched 
seventeen  miles.  We  then  bivouacked  for 
the  night.  This  day's  march  was  consid- 
ered a  very  good  one,  considering  the 
fatigued  condition  of  the  troops.  On  march- 
ing out  of  Kinston  and  recrossing  the  river 
t)ie  bridge  we  so  fortunately  saved  the  day 
previous  was  totally  destroyed,  in  order  to 
defeat  any  design  on  the  part  of  General 
Evans  to  follow  up  and  attack  us  in  the 
rear.  When  the  main  column  halted  for  the 
night  Major  Garrard,  with  his  battalion  of 
the  Third  New  York  Cavalry,  and  a  section 
of  Captain  Jenney's  battery  of  the  Third 
New  York  Artillery,  were  sent  forward  to 
dash  into  and  take  a  small  town  on  the 
Neuse,  known  as  Whitehall.  To  do  this  we 
had  to  go  a  distance  of  three  and  a  half 
miles  from  the  main  column.  This  we 
accomplished  at  a  full  gallop  ;  but,  notwith- 
standing we  pushed  forward  so  rapidly,  we 
found  on  our  arrival  the  bridge  over  the 
river  in  flames.  We  also  learned  that  a  Vir- 


UTinston,   Whitehall,  Goldsboro.  25 

ginia  regiment  had  just  retreated  across  the 
bridge,  and  that  they  would  be  heavily 
reinforced  on  the  following  morning.  The 
Major  immediately  ordered  a  reconnoissance 
of  the  whole  position  by  dismounted  cavalry- 
men. In  this  reconnoissance  we  found  pre- 
vious reports  confirmed,  in  that  we  discov- 
ered a  rebel  gunboat  on  the  other  side  of  the 
river. 

To  destroy  the  gunboat  which  was  not 
fully  completed,  was  one  of  our  principal 
objects  ;  but  to  do  it  in  the  face  of  an  enemy, 
concealed  in  the  woods  on  the  opposite 
bank,  was  a  different  matter.  In  order  to 
cast  a  heavy  reflection  of  light  on  the  enemy, 
we  set  fire  to  large  quantities  of  turpentine, 
in  barrels,  in  sheds  and  otherwise.  This 
rendered  the  scene  one  of  peculiar  and  lively 
interest.  The  flames  ascended  in  all  forms 
and  to  various  heights, communicating  to  and 
firing  many  of  the  adjacent  trees.  During  all 
this  time  the  enemy  laid  low  in  the  woods, 
only  firing  one  or  two  small  arms. 


26  l&nston,  Whitehall,  Goldsloro. 

After  brief  deliberation,  the  Major  deter- 
mined to  call  upon  some  one  to  volunteer 
and  swim  the  river ;  then,  after  swimming 
it,  to  board  the  gunboat  and  fire  it.  To 
do  this  daring  deed,  Henry  Butler,  of 
Company  C,  Third  New  York  Cavalry,  vol- 
unteered. Our  artillery  was  ordered  up,  and 
opened  with  shell  to  the  right  and  left  of  the 
bridge.  Butler  then  undressed,  ran  down 
the  bank,  plunged  into  the  river,  and  swam 
to  the  opposite  side.  He  then  started  to  get 
a  fire  brand  at  the  burning  bridge,  when  the 
enemy  opened  fire  on  him.  Butler  instantly 
turned  and  ran  for  the  river,  followed  by  a 
couple  of  the  enemy  (who  quickly  sprang 
from  their  hiding  places),  jumped  into  the 
water,  was  again  fired  upon,  and  finally 
reached  his  old  position  without  injury.  For 
this  gallant  act  the  Major  highly  compli- 
mented Butler  on  the  spot  and  while  Butler 
was  in  a  situation  not  observable  in  civilize^, 
unwarlike  society.  We  then  gave  the  enemy 
a  severe  dose  of  canister,  and,  finding  that 


Kinston,  Whitehall,  Goldsboro.  27 

we  could  not  well  get  over  to  the  gunboat, 
we  battered  it  to  pieces  with  shot  and  shell. 
The  vessel  was  a  small  one,  flat  bottomed, 
intended  for  fast  river  navigation,  designed 
for  one  or  two  guns,  built  somewhat  after 
the  form  of  the  Merrimac,  iron  plating  and 
all.  We  then  returned  to  camp,  having 
accomplished  our  purpose. 

In  connection  with  our  movements  to-day 
I  may  add  that  the  enemy  was  completely 
outwitted.  From  the  fact  of  our  having 
fought  hard  to  save  Kinston  bridge,  and 
then  crossed  to  the  opposite  side,  occupying 
the  town,  the  enemy  prepared  to  meet  us  at 
Mosely  Hall — a  small  town  adjacent  to  the 
line  of  the  Goldsboro  and  KinstQn  railroad 
— supposing  that  we  intended  proceeding  to 
that  town  along  the  right  bank  of  the  Neuse. 
Instead  of  that,  as  will  be  observed  by  what 
is  above,  we  passed  up  on  the  other  side, 
leaving  Mosely  Hall,  with  its  armed  force, 
far  to  the  right. 


28  Kinston^    Whitehall,    Goldsboro. 

SIXTH  DAY. 

WHITEHALL,  Dec.  16,  p.  M. 

The  column  again  moved  at  an  early  hour 
this  morning  in  the  direction  of  Whitehall. 
As  we  neared  the  town  an  open  space 
revealed  our  approach  to  the  enemy,  the 
latter  being  concealed  in  a  thick  woods  on 
the  opposite  side  of  the  river.  Heavy  skir- 
mishing immediately  ensued  between  the 
Ninth  New  Jersey  and  three  regiments  of 
rebels.  Major  Garrard  who  was  in  advance 
of  the  column,  with  three  pieces  of  artillery 
and  a  squadron  of  cavalry,  passed  over  a 
high  hill  behind  the  skirmishers,  in  full 
sight  of  the  enemy,  until  he  got  to  the  left 
of  those  in  action,  and  then  opened  with  his 
artillery.  In  a  few  minutes  other  artillery 
came  up,  when  the  Major  ceased  firing. 
Although  his  cavalry  force  was  in  a  position 
of  great  exposure,  under  a  heavy  fire  for 
quite  a  while,  still  the  loss  was  quite  trifling. 

Under  cover  of  action  on  both  sides,  Major 
Garrard,  with  his  command,  pressed  on  past 


Kinston,    Whitehall ',    Goldsboro.  29 

Whitehall,  and  made  a  rapid  march  (a  dis- 
tance of  over  twenty  miles)  to  Mount  Olive 
Station,  a  small  place  situated  on  the  line  of 
the  Wilmington  and  Goldsboro  railroad. 
While  Major  Garrard  was  away,  in  order  to 
cover  his  operations,  General  Foster  entered 
into  a  regular  engagement  at  Whitehall. 

The  enemy,  having  destroyed  the  bridge 
over  the  river,  showed  that  he  labored  under 
the  impression  that  we  would  attempt  to 
cross  at  this  point;  whereas,  if  he  had  not 
been  so  fast,  he  would  have  discovered  that 
it  was  our  intention  to  burn  the  bridge  on 
the  previous  evening.  The  engagement  at 
Whitehall  lasted  for  over  three  hours.  The 
enemy  operated  against  us  with  a  force  of 
about  five  or  six  thousand  infantry  and 
three  batteries  of  artillery.  The  Ninth  New 
Jersey  Volunteers,  General  Wessell's  brigade, 
and  a  couple  of  Massachusetts  regiments, 
were  engaged  in  the  fight.  A  few  other 
regiments  were  brought  under  fire  ;  and.  as 
they  lost  a  few  men,  I  suppose  they  claim  to 


30  Jfinston,    Whitehall,    Goldsboro. 

being  in  the  fight  also.  My  accounts  of  the 
killed  and  wounded  will  explain  the  engage- 
ments in  which  the  regiments  participated. 
Neither  in  the  battles  of  Kinston  or  White- 
hall was  over  half  our  forces  engaged  at  one 
time,  especially  not  in  the  latter. 

The  better  to  deceive  the  enemy,  General 
Foster  made  feint  of  rebuilding  the  bridge 
under  fire.  A  feint  was  also  made  to  cross 
the  river  ;  and  a  few  of  one  of  our  Massa- 
chusetts regiments,  not  knowing  that  they 
were  only  to  make  a  feint,  actually  swam 
across  the  river  and  got  on  the  opposite 
bank.  Of  course  they  were  forced  back. 
Under  the  direction  of  Colonel  Ledlie  (act- 
ing brigadier-general),  our  artillery  was  so 
admirably  posted  and  gallantly  worked  that 
we  silenced  the  enemy' s  fire,  and  drove  him, 
infantry,  artillery  and  all,  away  far  back 
from  the  river  bank.  After  this  we  could, 
of  course,  have  crossed  the  river ;  but  the 
scope  of  General  Foster's  plan  tended  still 
more  to  deceive  the  enemy.  Under  cover  of 


Kinston^    Whitehall,   Goldsboro.  31 

infantry  firing  and  the  working  of  two  sec- 
tions of  artillery  we  passed  on  without  fur- 
ther molestations  and  went  into  camp  for 
the  night  several  miles  the  other  side  of 
Whitehall. 

MOUNT  OLIVE  STATION,  Dec.  16, 1862. 

On  leaving  the  main  column  we  pressed 
rapidly  on,  on  regular  and  by-roads  until  we 
reached  a  swamp.  Here  we  struck  a  tur- 
pentine path,  and  after  a  full  gallop  of  a 
distance  of  over  four  miles,  came  out  at  this 
station  at  3  p.  m.  This  action  was  a  perfect 
surprise  to  the  people  of  the  place.  The 
ticket  agent  was  selling  tickets  ;  passengers 
were  loitering  around  waiting  for  the  cars, 
the  mail  for  Wilmington  laid  ready  on  the 
platform,  and  a  few  paroled  prisoners  were 
in  readiness  to  go  to  Wilmington,  probably 
to  fight  again.  As  a  matter  of  course,  for 
the  time  being,  Major  Garrard  pat  every- 
body under  arrest.  The  telegraph  wire 
was  immediately  and  afterwards  effectually 


32  Ifinston,    Whitehall,   Goldsboro. 

cut  and  destroyed  by  Captain  Willson,  of 
the  Third  New  York  Cavalry.  Mount  Olive 
is  seventeen  miles  from  Groldsboro,  and  as  I 
have  specified  before,  immediately  on  the 
line  of  the  Groldsboro  and  Wilmington 
railroad. 

Captains  Willson  and  Pond,  with  their 
respective  commands  of  the  Third  New 
York  Cavalry,  were  sent  seven  miles  in  the 
direction  of  Wilmington,  to  destroy  an 
extensive  bridge  and  trestle  work.  This 
they  accomplished  with  great  labor,  after  a 
few  minutes'  skirmishing  and  joined  our 
main  forces  by  dusk.  In  connection  with 
the  destruction  of  these  bridges  they  also 
destroyed  the  track  and  set  fire  to  cross  ties 
in  several  places.  While  this  was  being 
done,  Captain  Jacobs,  with  a  company  of 
the  Third  New  York  Cavalry,  and  one  piece 
of  Allis'  Flying  artillery,  was  sent  three  and 
a  half  miles  in  the  direction  of  Goldsboro,  on 
the  line  of  the  railroad,  to  destroy  the  tracks, 
some  culverts  and  a  bridge.  Just  as  Captain 


Kinston,    Whitehall,    G-oldsboro.  33 

Jacobs  reached  the  three  and  a  half  mile 
point  the  mail  train  from  Goldsboro  came 
rattling  down.  The  engineer  on  the  train, 
in  coming  around  a  sharp  turn,  observed 
ahead  a  heavy  dark  smoke,  immediately 
whistled  down  brakes,  and  reversed  his 
order  of  proceeding.  Notwithstanding  this, 
Captain  Jacobs  was  enabled  to  bring  his 
pieces  of  artillery  into  such  a  position  as  to 
give  the  retreating  train  the  force  of  three 
shells.  After  doing  his  business,  and  well 
and  ably  developing  the  bumps  of  destruc- 
tion in  North  Carolina,  he  joined  us  at 
Mount  Olive  just  about  sundown. 

By  this  time  we  at  Mount  Olive  Station 
had  taken  up  a  large  extent  of  the  track, 
destroyed  the  switches  and  did  all  the  dam- 
age we  could ;  then,  about  8  o'clock, 
we  set  out  for  a  change  of  base,  made  several 
strategical  movements  through  woods  and 
swamps  and  reached  the  camp  of  the  great 
army  about  midnight,  having  cut  across,  as 


34  Kinston,    Whitehall,    Goldsboro. 

explained  above,  without  moving  on  any 
main  road  more  than  five  minutes  at  a  time. 

On  leaving  Mount  Olive  I  paused  for  a 
moment  to  behold  the  sight  presented  to  our 
view.  I  saw  the  railroad  apparently  on  fire 
for  miles  in  extent,  huge  fires  of  ties  and 
warping  rails,  and  the  blank  amazement  that 
was  but  too  evident  on  the  faces  of  our  newly 
released  prisoners.  The  woods  were  bright 
and  radient  with  the  reflected  light ;  our 
hidden  road  was  also  illuminated,  and  all 
nature  seemed  changed — as  the  light  reflect- 
ed on  the  water  in  the  swamp— if  not  to  one 
of  beauty,  at  least  to  a  great  degree  of  at- 
tractiveness. As  we  left,  the  boys  gave  three 
cheers  for  the  Major's  success,  and  the  same 
was  highly  complimented  by  General  Foster, 
on  making  his  report  to  that  officer. 

We  had  hardly  left  Mount  Olive  Station 
over  an  hour  when  the  enemy  came  down  as 
near  as  he  could  with  a  so-called  "Merrimac 
Railroad  Car,"  and  shelled  the  woods  for 
quite  a  while. 


Kinston,    Whitehall,   Goldsboro.  35 

SEVENTH  DAY. 

ON  THE  FIELD,  Dec  17,  1862. 

We  resumed  our  line  of  march  this  morn- 
ing and  got  on  a  high  hill  and  in  full  sight 
of  a  large  force  of  the  enemy  drawn  up  in 
line  on  the  railroad,  without  meeting  any- 
thing of  importance  to  impede  our  progress. 

Having  the  advantage  of  position,  being 
on  a  hill,  over  a  mile  from  the  railroad, 
with  an  entirely  open  country  before  us,  the 
river  on  our  right  and  a  dense  wood  to  the 
left — we  opened  on  the  enemy  with  shell. 
For  a  very  short  space  of  time  the  rebels 
stood  their  ground;  but  so  accurately  did  we 
get  the  range  of  their  position,  rapidly 
throwing  in  the  shells,  that  the  enemy  broke 
front  and  line,  and  commenced  a  precipitate 
retreat  across  the  river  on  the  railroad  bridge. 
We  kept  up  our  firing  with  considerable 
rapidity,  and  by  that  means  cut  off  the  re- 
treat of  two  rebel  regiments,  who  fell  back 
into  thick  woods  on  the  other  side  of  the 
railroad  Colonel  Ledlie  then  moved  a  bat- 


36  Jfinston,     Whitehall,    Goldsboro. 

tery  to  within  less  than  half  a  mile  of  the 
enemy's  position.  The  Ninth  New  Jersey 
was  sent,  to  support  the  battery,  across  an 
open  field  and  afterwards  beyond  it,  until 
the  regiment  got  close  to  the  right  of  the 
railroad  bridge,  and  a  short  distance  from 
the  enemy  and  the  river.  While  these  op- 
erations were  being  carried  out,  the  Seven- 
teenth Massachusetts,  under  command  of 
Lieutenant-Colonel  Fellows,  moved  to  the 
left,  into  the  woods,  waded  through  a  mill 
stream,  and  came  out  on  the  railroad  line 
directly  in  front  of  the  enemy.  By  this  time 
and  while  the  Seventeenth  was  slowly  ad- 
vancing, the  enemy  commenced  a  rapid  fire 
of  shot  and  shell  from  a  battery  concealed 
in  the  woods  across  the  river,  and  to  the  left 
of  the  bridge,  looking  from  our  position,  as 
also  from  their  iron- clad  railroad  car,  occu- 
pying a  position  on  the  other  side  of  the 
river,  close  to  the  entrance  to  the  bridge 
At  this  point  they  also  had  sharpshooters, 


Iiinston,    Whitehall,    Goldsboro.  37 

who  tried  hard,  but  did  not  well  succeed  in 
picking  off  our  *nen. 

By  the  time  the  action  had  become  toler- 
ably heavy  we  heard  the  whistle  of  an  ap- 
proaching train,  and  soon  after  learned  from 
prisoners  that  the  rebel  General  Pettigrew 
had  just  arrived  with  reinforcements  in  the 
way  of  a  big  brigade. 

One  of  our  shells  was  seen  to  pass  along  a 
platform  car,  thereby  creating  so  much  con- 
fusion as  to  delay  General  Pettigrew  from 
coming  immediately  into  action.  Having 
got  range  of  the  train,  we  threw  the  shells  in 
so  fast  that  in  a  little  while  it  moved  further 
off  and  out  of  range  of  our  guns. 

The  object  of  General  Foster's  penetrating 
so  far  inland  being  to  destroy  this  railroad 
bridge,  he  now  gave  orders  to  have  it  burnsd. 
Colonel  Heckmann,  who  got  the  order,  called 
for  volunteers  to  carry  into  effect  the  gen- 
eral's desire.  Many  volunteered  from  the 
Seventeenth  Massachusetts  and  Ninth  New 
Jersey  Regiments,  so  the  Colonel  selected 


38  Jfinston,    Whitehall,    Goldsboro. 

some  from  each  regiment  to  go  and  do  the 
work.  Several  advances  were  made  to  fire, 
but  our  men  were  driven  back.  In  one  of 
the  advances  a  former  adjutant  of  the 
Seventeenth  was  dangerously  wounded. 

Fin  ally,  Lieutenant  Graham,  of  the  Rocket 
Battery,  and  now  acting  aid  to  Colonel 
Heckmann,  and  Wm.  Lemons,  a  private  in 
the  Ninth  New  Jersey,  advanced  under  the 
enemy's  heavy  firing,  when  Lieutenant 
Graham  got  near  enough  to, and  did  fire,  the 
bridge. 

As  soon  as  we  saw  the  bridge  in  flames 
the  General  gave  orders  to  have  the  railroad 
track  destroyed.  Two  Massachusetts  regi- 
ments, who  had  been  lying  in  reserve,  stacked 
arms  and  rushed  upon  the  track  with  yells 
and  cheers,  and  did  the  work  of  destruction 
at  short  notice.  The  rails  and  ties  were 
thoroughly  destroyed  by  physical  power  and 
the  effect  of  fire. 

General  Foster  having  successfully  ac- 
complished all  his  plans,  and  more,  to  day 


Kinston^    Whitehall,   Goldsboro.  39 

determined  to  withdraw  his  forces  from  the 
field,  and  to  fall  back  to  the  first  convenient 
camping  place  for  the  night.  The  column 
was  got  in  motion  (each  regiment  cheering 
the  General  as  it  passed),  and  we  had  ad- 
vanced a  considerable  distance  (probably 
two  miles),  with  the  supply  train,  etc.  in 
front.  When  the  rebels,  seeing  the  last 
brigade,  Col.  Lee's,  about  to  move,  and  some 
distance  from  the  artillery,  took  courage  and 
rushed  out  of  the  woods  on  the  other  side  of 
the  railroad,  and  gave  the  rallying  cry  and 
yell  that  follows  it.  Immediately  afterwards 
two  South  C  arolina  regiments,  who  had  come 
from  Franklin,  fired  a  volley  and  then 
charged  with  the  bayonet  on  Morrison's 
battery.  The  enemy  were  allowed  to  get 
rather  close  to  the  batter j,  when  the  guns 
opened  on  them  with  canister.  Belger's 
battery  put  in  a  powerful  cross  fire,  and  Col. 
Lee's  brigade  wheeled  into  line  and  did 
excellent  execution.  The  rebels  made  this 
bayonet  charge  with  great  dash  and  courage, 


40  Kinston,    Whitehall,    Goldsboro, 

but,  notwithstanding,  they  were  repulsed 
with  great  loss  of  life,  and  an  amusing  and 
astonishing  precipitancy. 

Of  course,  this  latter  movement  on  the 
part  of  the  rebels  had  the  effect  of  halting 
our  column  for  several  hours.  Not  knowing 
but  that  they  might  be  in  strong  force  this 
side  of  the  river,  we  made  every  preparation 
to  enter  into  a  regular  engagement.  How- 
ever after  a  renewed  fight,  lasting  nearly  two 
hours,  we  again  silenced  the  enemy's  fire, and 
pursued  our  retrograde  movement.  In  the 
last  fight  the  rebels  opened  from  two  batter- 
ies instead  of  one — their  iron  plated  car — 
and  brought  into  action  their  infantry  on 
both  sides  of  the  river. 

In  the  battle  of  this  bridge  the  rebels  had, 
as  prisoners  report,  between  eight  and  ten 
thousand  troops  engaged.  We  never  had 
over  one-  third  of  our  force  engaged.  About 
nine  o'clock  p.  m.  our  army  bivouacked  for 
the  night,  between  Whitehall  and  the  Golds- 
boro  railroad  bridge. 


Kinston,    Whitehall,    Goldsboro.  41 

While  the  battle   was  progressing  at   the 
bridge,  Major  Fitzsimmons  with  his  battal- 
ions of  the  Third  New  York  Cavalry  made  a 
dash  against  Dudley  Station,  on  the  line  of 
the  Wilmington  railroad,  five  miles  from  the 
Goldsboro  railroad  bridge,   took  prisoners 
several  rebel  pickets,  cap  tared  and  destroyed 
a  train  of  four  cars, took  up  three  miles  of  the 
railroad  track,  burned  some  trestle   work,  a 
bridge,  and  other  little  et  ceteras,  including 
a  most  complete  destruction  of  the  telegraph 
line,  and  joined  the   main  column   without 
loss  to  his  command.     The   Major  also   re- 
peated   a    similar    experiment    at    Everett 
Station,  on  the  line  of  the  same  railroad. 
Major    Garrard   with   his  battalion   of    the 
Third  New  York   Cavalry  went  (while   the 
main  army  was  moving)early  in  the  morning 
to  Tompkins  bridge,  over  the  Neuse  river. 
He   took  with  him  a  section  of  Ransom's 
Twenty-third    New    York    Artillery.       On 
arriving  in  the  vicinity  of  the  bridge  Captain 
Jacobs,  with  his  company  of   cavalry,    was 


42  Kinston,    Whitehall,   Goldsboro. 

ordered  to  charge  down  to  it.  He  did  so, 
found  the  bridge  in  flames,  and  received  fire 
from  the  enemy.  It  will  again  be  seen  that 
the  enemy  was  deceived  in  regard  to  a  cross- 
ing of  the  Neuse.  The  Major  immediately 
opened  with  his  artillery,  and  at  the  same 
time  despatched  a  messenger  to  inform  Gen- 
eral Foster  with  regards  to  his  position,  con- 
dition, etc.  As  soon  as  General  Foster  re- 
ceived the  information  he  reinforced  the 
Major  with  four  pieces  of  artillery  from 
AngelTs  battery  and  the  Forty-third  Mas- 
sachusetts Regiment  under  command  of 
Colonel  Holbrook.  After  a  fight  of  over  two 
hours  we  silenced  the  enemy's  heavy  guns 
and  musketry,  and  returned  to  the  main 
column  with  a  loss  of  one  killed  and  four 
wounded.  Before  leaving,  our  forces  could 
go  anywhere  in  that  neighborhood,  along 
the  banks  of  the  river,  without  being  fired 
at.  The  rebels  had  eight  pieces  of  artillery 
and  four  regiments  of  infantry  at  this  bridge. 
About  10  o'clock  Allis'  Flying  artillery,  and 


Kinston,   Whitehall,  Goldsboro.  43 

Companies  G,  A,  and  D,  of  the  Third  New 
York  Cavalry ,  in  attempting  to  join  the  main 
column  from  another  direction,  were  attacked 
by  two  pieces  of  the  rebel's  artillery,  and,  as 
is  supposed,  about  a  regiment  of  rebel  infant- 
ry. In  less  than  fifteen  minutes  our  artillery 
silenced  that  of  the  enemy. 

During  the  engagement  a  chaplain  of  one 
of  the  Massachusetts  regiments,  who  was  on 
the  field,  seeing  one  of  the  men  of  Battery 
B,  Third  New  York  Artillery,  being  borne  off 
wounded,  said  to  him:  "Were  you  sup- 
ported by  Divine  inspiration  ?"  "No!"  was 
the  reply,  "we  were  supported  by  the  Ninth 
New  Jersey." 

On  the  battle  field  at  Whitehall,  Colonel 
Ledlie  (chief  of  artillery)  received  a  very 
slight  wound  on  the  hand  from  one  of  the 
rebels'  shells. 

During  the  progress  of  our  operations 
there  were  brought  into  action,  at  various 
times,  Belger's  battery,  batteries  A,  B,  C,  D, 
E,  H,  I,  P,  and  K,  of  the  Third  New  York 


44  Kinston,   Whitehall,  Goldsboro. 

Artillery,  and  the  Twenty-third  and  Twenty- 
fourth  (independent)  New  York  Batteries. 
The  whole  of  our  artillery  was  worked 
admirably. 

Captain  Morrison's  battery  of  the  Third 
New  York  Artillery  had  three  men  wounded, 
and  lost  the  same  number  of  horses.  Cap- 
tain Morrison  took  at  the  battle  of  Kinston 
forty-one  prisoners,  including  two  commis- 
sioned officers.  At  the  battle  of  the  railroad 
bridge  he  took  seven  more  prisoners.  When 
his  battery  was  charged  by  the  South  Caro- 
lina regiments  he  kept  up  a  steady  fire  until 
every  round  of  his  ammunition  was  gone, and 
then  gave  way  to  Captain  Belger.  Captain 
Riggs'  battery  was  also  engaged  in  helping 
to  repulse  the  charge  of  the  South  Carolina 
brigade.  In  the  battles  of  the  16th  and  17th 
Captain  Ammou's  battery  did  good  execu- 
tion, and  without  sustaining  any  casualties 
in  the  company.  These  three  batteries  while 
in  action,  were  under  the  immediate  com- 
mand of  Major  Kennedy.  At  Mount  Olive 


Kinston,  Whitehall,  Goldsboro.  45 

Station,  among  the  private  papers  of  the 
postmaster  was  found  the  following: 

"  Whereas,  we,  the  people  of  the  counties  of 
Wayne  and  Dublin,  have  seen  a  proclamation 
from  the  black  republican  president,  Abraham 
Lincoln,  calling  for  seventy-five  thousand  men, 
(and  a  call  made  on  North  Carolina  among  the 
rest),  for  the  purpose  of  subjugating  our  Southern 
brethren  of  the  Confederate  States,  who  are  ask- 
ing nothing  but  for  their  rights  to  be  respected 
and  their  institutions  let  alone,  the  interest  of 
North  Carolina  being  identified  with  the  said  Con- 
federate States,  we,  as  her  citizens,  deem  it  highly 
necessary  to  express  our  views  to  the  world,  irre- 
spective of  former  party  ties;  therefore 

Resolved,  That  the  example  of  our  patriotic 
forefathers  is  too  plainly  set  before  us  to  be  un- 
mindful of  our  duty.  We  know  the  cause  of  the 
Confederate  States  to  be  the  supreme  interest  of 
North  Carolina;  therefore,  we  pledge  our  fortunes, 
our  lives  and  our  most  sacred  honors  in  the  main- 
tenance of  the  said  cause. 

Resolved,  That,  for  the  aid  and  furtherance  of 
said  cause  and  the  defence  of  our  homes  and  our 


46  ICinston,    Whitehall,   Goldsboro. 

rights,  we  will  form  a  military  company  for  the 
purpose  of  drilling  that  we  may  be  the  better  pre- 
pared to  defend  our  homes  and  our  country. 

Resolved,  That  we  call  upon  all  good  citizens  to 
sustain  us  and  give  us  their  aid  for  the  support  of 
our  company. 

Resolved,  That  the  manly  and  patriotic  cour- 
age of  His  Excellency,  John  W.  Ellis,  in  ordering 
our  forts  taken  and  held  by  troops  of  this  State, 
and  his  independent  denial  of  troops  to  Abe  Lin- 
coln to  sustain  him  in  his  diabolical  policy,  meets 
the  entire  approbation  of  this  company  and  this 
community." 

Our  total  loss  is  between  four  and  five 
hundred.  In  all  we  took  over  five  hundred 
prisoners. 

EIGHTH    DAY. 

DECEMBER  18,  1862. 

The  army  marched  this  day  to  within  seven 
miles  of  Kinston.  We  had  to  pass  through 
woods  on  fire;  some  of  the  natives  had  pur- 
posely and  some  of  our  men  having  acci- 
dentally (the  latter  through  the  medium  of 


Kinston,    Whitehall,   Goldsboro.  47 

their  camp  lires)  communicated  flames  to  the 
turpentine  trees.  Though  the  scene  was 
novel  and  pleasing  still  it  was  dangerous, 
and  at  times  somewhat  more  than  this. 

NINTH   DAY. 

DECEMBER,  19,  1862. 

Your  correspondent  left  the  army  about 
seven  o'clock  this  morning,  and,  after  a 
horseback  ride  of  over  forty  miles,  reached 
New  Berne  by  sundown.  When  he  left,  the 
army  was  on  its  way  to  New  Berne. 

THE   LATEST. 

NEW  BERNE,  Dec.  20,  1862. 

During  the  progress  of  the  late  expedition 
we  came  upon  large  quantities  of  cotton  and 
turpentine.  Our  advance  was  so  peculiar 
and  rapid  that  the  rebels  did  not  have  time 
to  burn  it,  although  we  occasionally  found 
large  quantities  on  fire. 

Our  entire  movement  was  greatly  facili- 
tated by  Captain  Sleight,  to  whose  energetic 
course  of  action  was  due  the  keeping  of  our 


48  Kinston,    Whitehall,    Goldsboro. 

supply,  etc.,  trains.  General  Foster  highly 
complimented  Captain  Sleight  for  the  ability 
with  which  he  conducted  his  department. 

I  forgot  to  mention  in  my  account  of  the 
engagement  at  Goldsboro  railroad  bridge 
that  the  enemy,  on  finding  that  our  troops 
were  outflanking  them  by  wading  through  a 
mill  stream,  hoisted  the  gate  at  the  mill  and 
let  the  water  rush  down  with  astonishing 
impetuosity.  By  this  means  one  or  two  of 
our  men  were  drowned,  while  others  still 
pushed  on,  with  the  water  up  to  their  arm- 
pits, regardless  of  the  difficulty. 

We  learn  by  flag  of  truce,  from  the  rebels 
at  Kinston,  that  their  (the  rebels)  loss  is 
between  eight  and  nine  hundred,  and  that 
the  two  South  Carolina  regiments  that 
charged  Morrison's  battery,  lost  in  that 
charge  about  three  hundred  and  fifty  men  ; 
their  color  bearer  was  shot  three  times. 


Kinston,    Whitehall,   Goldsboro.  49 

BRILLIANT   CONDUCT   OF   THE  UNION  TROOPS. 
KINSTON,  N.  C.,  Dec.  .15,  1862. 

An  important  movement  has  long  been 
on  foot  looking  towards  the  capture  of 
Goldsboro  and  Weldon,  and  the  severance 
of  one  rebel  railroad  line  of  communication 
connecting  the  cotton  states  with  the  capital 
of  the  so-called  confederacy;  Preparations 
have  for  some  time  been  carried  to  enable 
the  force  which  was  to  engage  in  the  attempt 
to  push  it  to  a  successful  issue.  The  time 
has  now  come  when  the  object  and  the 
means  of  execution  of  this  movement  may 
be  safely  revealed.  The  object  of  the  expe- 
dition was  to  capture  Kinston,  and  then  to 
take  Goldsboro,  thereby  .cutting  the  Wil- 
mington and  Weldon  railroad,  which  would 
isolate  Wilmington  and  effectually  cut  off 
its  supplies  and  reinforcements.  That,  I 
believe,  was  the  object  of  the  expedition. 
The  first  portion  of  the  work  has  been 
accomplished — the  capture  of  Kinston  ;  and 


50  Jfinston,    Whitehall,    Goldsboro. 

the  other  portion  is  in  a  fair  way  of 
being  carried  successfully  out  to  the  letter. 

The  forces  under  General  Foster  left  New 
Berne  on  Thursday,  the  llth,  and  moved  up 
the  Trent  road,  along  the  Trent  River,  about 
ten  miles,  when  the  division  halted  for  the 
night.  On  Friday  the  march  was  resumed 
at  sunrise,  the  Ninth  New  Jersey  having  the 
extreme  advance,  followed  by  Wessell's 
brigade,  one  of  General  Peck's  brigade, 
recently  sent  from  Suffolk,  with  Company 
B,  Third  New  York  Artillery,  Captain  Mor- 
rison. Then  followed  the  brigade  of  Acting 
Brigadier-General  Amory  consisting  of  four 
Massachusetts  regiments. 

Acting  Brigadier- General  Lee's  brigade 
of  Massachusetts  regiments  came  next, 
Colonel  Stevenson's  brigade,  also  of  Massa- 
chusetts regiments,  brought  up  the  rear  with 
four  regiments.  Acting  Brigadier-General 
Ledlie,  of  the  Third  New  York  Artillery, 
had  command  of  the  artillery,  consisting  of 
the  Third  New  York  Artillery  and  Belger's 


Kinston,    Whitehall,    Goldsboro.  51 

battery,  First  Rhode  Island  Artillery.  Col- 
onel Mix's  Third  New  York  Cavalry,  Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel Mix  in  command,  were  em- 
ployed as  scouts  on  the  advance  and  on  the 
sides  of  the  line  of  march,  and  as  provost- 
guards  to  protect  houses  along  the  road. 

On  Friday  night  the  column  halted  within 
eleven  miles  of  Kinston,  and  encamped  in 
line  of  battle,  no  tires  being  allowed  and  all 
unusual  noises  prohibited.  The  troops  did 
not  get  into  camp  until  9  o'clock.  Skir- 
mishing continued  all  day  between  cavalry 
of  the  rebels  and  Mix's  cavalry,  in  which  we 
lost  two  men  prisoners  and  one  wounded. 
We  captured  fifteen  or  sixteen  of  the  rebel 
cavalry,  and  killed  and  wounded  several. 

On  Saturday  morning  at  7  o'clock  the  line 
of  march  was  resumed  towards  Kinston  at  a 
slow  pace,  as  the  enemy  were  beginning  to 
appear  in  some  force  in  front,  to  a  point 
where  the  Whitehall,  and  main  Kinston 
roads  unite,about  seven  miles  from  Kinston. 
This  point  was  reached  at  about  11  o'clock 


52  Jfinston,    Whitehall,    Goldsboro. 

on  Saturday  morning,  and  then  it  was  that 
it  was  expected  that  the  rebels  would  offer 
battle,  as  it  was  a  strong  position.  Oar 
troops  were  formed  in  line  of  battle  in  an 
open  field  on  the  left  of  the  road  which  ran 
to  Whitehall,  in  front  of  a  wood,  which  it 
was  supposed  covered  the  enemy's  main 
force.  A  small  creek  ran  across  the  road 
500  yards  to  the  right  and  in  front  of  our 
line  of  battle,  over  which  was  a  bridge, 
which  the  rebels  had  destroyed,  and  out  of 
the  debris  of  which  they  had  erected  a  breast- 
work and  planted  two  six-pounders,  rilled, 
sweeping  the  road.  Morrison's  battery  was 
put  forward  to  the  right  of  the  road,  and 
taking  a  position  on  a  small  hill  250  yards 
from  the  rebel  battery,  opened  fire.  The 
enemy  hotly  replied  with  grape  and  canister, 
sweeping  the  road,  but  doing  no  damage. 
Morrison  continued  to  shell  the  battery  and 
the  woods  on  either  side  for  nearly  an  hour, 
when  the  enemy  began  to  retire.  Just  as 
the  enemy  were  about  retiring,  the  Ninth 


Kinston,    Whitehall,   Goldsboro.  53 

New  Jersey  were  deployed  as  skirmishers  to 
the  left  of  the  road,  and  advancing  under 
fire,  they  crossed  the  creek  on  a  mill  dam, 
flanked  the  rebel  battery,  and,  faking  it  by 
storm,  captured  a  rifled  six-pounder  and 
several  prisoners.  The  rebels  retreated  has- 
tily and  succeeded  in  saving  the  other  six- 
pounder,  but  left  six  killed  and  wounded. 
Three  hours  were  consumed  in  the  recon- 
struction of  the  bridge.  When  completed 
the  infantry  and  artillery  crossed  and 
marched  towards  Kinston,  about;  three  and  a 
half  miles,  and  halted  for  the  night,  in  line 
of  battle,  with  strong  pickets  out.  The 
enemy  made  but  feeble  resistance  to  the 
advance  of  our  forces,  Mix's  cavalry  driving 
them  like  chaff  before  them.  The  night 
passed  quietly,  a  little  affair  between  pick- 
ets, without  result,  breaking  the  monotony 
of  the  night. 

On  Sunday  morning,  at  daybreak,  Mix's 
cavalry  and  Wessell's  brigade  began  to  ad- 
vance, feeling  their  way  cautiously  up  the 


54  Kinston,    Whitehall,   Goldsboro. 

road  about  two  miles,  when  the  enemy's 
pickets  were  met  and  driven  back  through 
a  piece  of  woods  about  three-quarters  of  a 
mile,  when  they  retired  upon  the  main  body 
of  the  enemy,  six  thousand  strong,  under 
command  of  Brigadier-General  Evans,  of 
Ball's  Bluff  notoriety.  His  forces  con- 
sisted of  three  regiments  of  South  Carolina 
infantry,  the  balance,  of  artillery,  cavalry 
and  infantry,  was  made  up  of  North  Caro- 
lina troops.  Here  our  advance  halted  and 
the  artillery  was  ordered  to  the  front,  and  at 
10.30  the  artillery  opened  on  the  enemy. 
The  rebels  were  found  to  be  drawn  up  in 
line  of  battle,  on  a  ground  partially  wooded 
and  covered  with  a  dense  underbrush,  with 
their  artillery  in  the  center  and  on  either 
flank.  They  formed  their  line  nearly  in  the 
shape  of  a  triangle,  with  the  base  towards 
our  forces.  Our  line  was  formed  with  the 
Ninth  New  Jersey  on  the  right,  WesselPs 
brigade  in  the  center  and  left;  Behind,  in  a 
second  line,  was  the  Twenty-third  Massa- 


Kinston,    Whitehall,    Goldsboro.  55 

chusetts  Regiment,  on  the  right  the  Forty  - 
fourth  and  Forty-fifth  and  other  regiments 
of  Amory's  brigade,  Stevenson's  and  Lee's 
brigades  being  held  in  reserve.  Our  artil- 
lery was  placed  in  position  on  the  right, 
centre  and  left  of  the  line.  The  battle  was 
begun  by  the  artillery  at  10.30,  and  contin- 
ued uninterruptedly  until  about  1.30  o'clock, 
when  the  enemy  commenced  to  retreat.  But 
a  short  time  elapsed  after  the  artillery  duel 
had  begun  before  the  infantry  got  to  work 
in  earnest,  and  the  musketry  became  very 
rapid  and  hot.  The  fight  was  quite  lively 
until  1  o'clock,  but  not  at  very  close  quar- 
ters, when  the  rebels  began  to  fall  back,  and 
the  Ninth  New  Jersey  were  thrown  out  as 
skirmishers,  and  WesselPs  brigade  pushed 
forward  in  pursuit.  Our  batteries  were  then 
thrown  around  to  the  right  of  the  road,  and 
fired  upon  the  retreating  rebels,  but  with 
little  effect.  The  enemy  fell  back  hastily 
nearly  a  mile,  and  crossed  the  bridge  leading 
into  Kinston,  the  Ninth  New  Jersey  follow- 


56  Kinston,    Whitehall,    G-oldsboro. 

ing  closely  in  pursuit.  As  the  last  rebel  regi- 
ment crossed  the  bridge  the  rebels  applied 
the  match  to  it,  and  as  it  had  been  prepared 
for  the  purpose,  the  fire  gained  some  head- 
way; but  the  Ninth  New  Jersey  came  up  in 
time  to  extinguish  the  fire  soon  before  it  had 
done  much  damage. 

After  crossing  the  bridge  one  rebel  brigade 
retreated  in  the  direction  of  Goldsboro  and 
the  other  in  the  direction  of  Snow  Hill,  on 
the  road  to  Weldon.  General  Evans,  with 
his  South  Carolina  troops,  retreated  towards 
Goldsboro,  our  artillery  throwing  shells  on 
the  retreating  columns. 

Our  division  immediately  crossed  the 
bridge  and  occupied  Kinston,  the  rebels  on 
their  retreat  burning  a  quantity  of  cotton,  a 
locomotive  and  some  cars.  Our  troops  held 
the  town  until  yesterday  morning,  when  they 
left  the  town  and  moved  forward  in  a  north- 
erly direction,  after  burning  the  bridge  over 
the  Neuse  River.  We  captured  on  the  bat- 
tle field  four  hundred  prisoners,  eleven 


Jiinston,    Whitehall,    Goldsboro.  57 

pieces  of  artillery  on  this  side  of  the  bridge 
and  three  on  the  other,  making  four  teen  guns 
in  all,  taken  from  them.  A  large  number  of 
small  arms,  perhaps  eight  hundred,-  were 
taken.  Our  loss  was  one  hundred  and  sixty, 
killed  and  wounded.  That  of  the  enemy 
about  one  hundred  and  twenty-five,  as  they 
were  more  protected.  The  only  officers  killed 
on  our  side  were  Colonel  Gray,  of  the  Ninety- 
sixth  New  York  Volunteers;  Captain  Wells 
and  Lieutenant  Perkins,  of  the  Tenth  Con- 
necticut; we  captured  a  lieutenant-colonel  of 
a  South  Carolina  regiment,  and  several  other 
officers.  The  Twenty-third  Massachusetts, 
Major  Chambers  commanding,  captured 
seventy  officers  and  men  of  the  Twenty-third 
South  Carolina  Regiment.  The  mudsills 
are  a  little  ahead  of  the  chivalry  this  time. 
Our  forces  are  now  on  the  march,  and  I 
halt  behind  to  send  off  this  report.  You 
will  hear  from  me  again  by  the  first  convey- 
ance. Our  troops  are  in  excellent  spirits 
and  eager  to  push  forward  and  reap  the 


58  Kitiston,    Whitehall,    Goldsboro. 

fruits  of  our  victory.  You  may  rest  assured 
that  General  Foster  will  follow  up  his  advan- 
tage to  a  successful  issue.  I  forgot  to  men- 
tion that  Company  K,  Mix's  Third  New 
York  Cavalry,  charged  and  captured  three 
pieces  of  artillery,  with  caissons,  horses  and 
all,  in  the  most  gallant  manner. 

SCENE  OF  THE  DEATH  OF  COLONEL 

GRAY. 
NEW  BERNE,  N.  C.,  Dec.  16,  1W:>. 

Colonel  Boler  of  the  Forty-sixth  Mas- 
sachusetts, has  returned  from  General  Fos- 
ter's expedition,  and  reports  the  successful 
capture  of  the  town  of  Kinston  by  the  Union 
troops,  and  their  advance  towards  Golds  - 
boro,  the  junction  of  the  Atlantic  and  North 
Carolina  and  the  Wilmington  and  Weldon 
railroads. 

There  was  some  fighting  for  three  days — 
Friday,  Saturday,  and  Sunday,  last — the 
enemy  disputing  our  advance  with  pertina- 
city wherever  the  ground  favored  them.  They 


Kinston,    Whitehall,    Goldsboro.  59 

are  reported  to  have  had  a  force  of  15,000 
under  command  of  General  Evans,  of  Ball's 
Bluff  fame.  Their  loss  is  heavy  in  killed, 
wounded  and  prisoners,  five  hundred  of  the 
latter  having  fallen  into  our  hands.  Our 
loss  is  one  hundred  and  fifty  to  two  hundred 
and  fifty  in  killed,  wounded  and  missing. 

The  principal  fight  was  a  few  miles  beyond 
Kinston,  where  the  enemy  had  intrenched 
themselves.  The  Third  New  York  Cavalry, 
Colonel  Mix's,  had  a  hand  to  hand  conflict 
with  the  Second  North  Carolina  Cavalry. 
The  New  Yorkers  routed  the  North  Caroli- 
nians after  a  hard  fight.  All  the  Union 
troops  are  reported  to  have  behaved  well, 
exhibiting  in  many  instances  great  courage 
and  fearlessness. 

Our  wounded  were  placed  in  unoccupied 
houses  in  Kinston  and  the  dead  buried. 

The  advance  continues  toward  Groldsboro ; 
but  before  reaching  that  point  we  shall  have 
to  encounter  further  and  still  stronger  oppo- 
sition. With  the  large  and  well  disciplined 


60  Kinston,    Whitehall,    Goldsboro. 

forces  of  Generals  Foster  and  Wessell,  every 
obstruction  will  be  overcome,  and  the  object 
sought  attained. 

Twelve  miles  beyond  Kinston,  at  a  place 
called  Mosely  Hall,  the  enemy  have  a  battery 
of  ten  heavy  guns,  so  planted  as  to  deal  a 
very  destructive  fire  upon  an  advancing  foe. 

In  the  attack  upon  Lieutenant-Colonel 
Manchester's  transports  in  the  Neuse  River 
the  rebels  suffered  severely  as  reported  by  a 
deserter  this  morning.  The  shells  from  the 
Allison  fell  directly  in  the  midst  of  the  bat- 
tery, killing  and  wounding  several,  and,  for 
a  time,  dispersing  the  working  force  of  the 
battery,  together  with  an  infantry  reserve  of 
some  two  hundred  men,  with  two  regiments 
at  hand. 

The  Ocean  Wave  was  lired  upon  from  an 
open  field  by  a  force  of  one  hundred  and  ten 
North  Carolina  rebel  troops,  commanded  by 
Captain  Whitfield. 

The  first  brush  with  the  enemy  commenced 
about  8  o'clock  on  Friday  morning, 


JKinston,  Whitehall,  Goldsboro.  61 

about  twenty  miles  from  New  Berne,  on  the 
main  road  to  Kinston,  a  little  to  the  right  of 
Winton  when  Company  B,  Captain  Marshall, 
Third  New  York  Artillery,  encountered 
them. 

The  enemy' s  force  consisted  of  one  company 
of  cavalry  and  four  companies  of  infantry, 
of  Major  Nethercote's  North  Carolina  bat- 
talion. After  a  brief  skirmish  we  dispersed 
the  rebels,  killing  two,  wounded  and  missing 
amounting  to  fifty.  Our  loss  was  two 
wounded  and  four  missing.  The  advance 
then  moved  on,  after  crossing  a  bridge, 
partly  destroyed,  over  a  creek,  and  being 
delayed  an  hour  in  fixing  the  same.  Captain 
N.  encamped  the  same  night  within  nine 
miles  of  Kinston. 

On  Saturday  morning  Company  K,  Cap- 
tain Cole,  Third  New  York  Cavalry,  took 
the  advance,  and  while  moving  forward 
captured  two  prisoners,  belonging  to  Neth- 
ercote's battalion,  who  gave  some  valuable 
information,  proceeded  thence  to  South- 


62  Jfinston,   Whitehall,  Goldsboro. 

west  creek,  about  five  miles  from  Kinston. 
On  Captain  Cole's  approach,  the  enemy 
were  found  engaged  in  endeavoring  to  des- 
troy the  bridge  over  the  creek.  Captain 
Cole  dismounted  a  platoon,  who  fired  a  volley 
upon  the  enemy  while  they  Were  at  work. 
The  enemy  then  retreated,  but  soon  after 
fired  from  a  battery  of  two  six-pounders, 
howitzers,  upon  our  advance,  wounding  one 
man — a  private,  named  John  Costello — who 
was  shot  through  the  head. 

Colonel  Heckmann,  of  the  Ninth  New 
Jersey  (the  advance  guard  of  the  infantry), 
here  came  forward  and  ordered  the  Ninth  to 
deploy  as  skirmishers.  This  order  was 
quickly  executed,  and  had  the  effect  of 
partly  dispersing  the  enemy;  and  Schenck's 
Third  New  York  battery  coming  up,  fired 
about  a  dozen  shells,  driving  the  enemy 
entirely  away.  On  the  Ninth  New  Jersey 
crossing  the  bridge,  four  of  the  enemy  were 
found  dead,  the  wounded  being  carried  on 
with  the  retreating  enemy.  The  Ninth  sue- 


JKinston,  Whitehall,  Goldsboro.  63 

ceeded  in  capturing  one  of  their  howitzers, 
which  was  brought  into  New  Berne  this 
morning. 

As  soon  as  Captain  Cole  had  crossed  the 
bridge,  following  the  New  Jersey  Ninth,  he 
was  ordered  forward  by  Colonel  Heckmann, 
and  his  company  directed  to  act  as  scouts  to 
find  the  position  of  the  enemy.  They  had 
proceeded  about  eighty  or  one  hundred  rods 
beyond  the  pickets  of  the  Ninth  when  the 
advance  guard  of  Company  K  was  fired  upon 
by  a  concealed  body  of  the'  enemy,  -and 
Private  Chapman  wounded  in  the  thigh. 
Captain  Cole  then  halted,  and  Colonel  Heck- 
mann ordered  a  part  of  the  Ninth  New 
Jersey  forward  to  skirmish  through  the 
woods.  The  enemy  were  found  in  the  edge 
of  the  woods  when  a  lively  fire  commenced 
between  our  skirmishers  and  the  foe.  The 
entire  Ninth  was  then  ordered  forward,  and 
the  rebels  commenced  firing  sharply  from  a 
battery  of  three  howitzers,  with  grape  and 
canister.  A  section  of  two  pieces  of  Schenck's 


64  Jfinston,    White/tall,    Goldsboro. 

battery  was  now  ordered  up,  and  returned 
the  enemy's  grape  and  canister  with  twelve- 
pound  shells.  The  gallant  Jersey  men  kept 
advancing  steadily  upon  the  enemy,  com- 
mitting great  havoc  in  their  ranks  by  their 
unerring  aim,  until  finally  the  rebels  were 
driven  from  the  woods,  and  obliged  to  fall 
back  about  half  a  mile  to  an  open  field, 
skirted  by  woods.  The  fight  ended  about 
dark,  when  our  advance  guard  encamped 
upon  the  scene  of  battle.  It  is  a  singular 
fact,  notwithstanding  the  conspicuous  part 
taken  and  gallantry  displayed  in  this  skir- 
mish by  the  Ninth  New  Jersey  in  their 
advancing  movements,  but  one  man  was 
wounded  in  the  whole  regiment.  But  they 
suffered  subsequently.  The  number  of  the 
enemy  killed  and  wounded  is  unknown,  but 
supposed  to  be  heavy. 

The  advance  laid  upon  the  field  all  night 
without  molestation.  On  the  following 
morning  (Sunday),  about  7.30,  the  first  gun 
was  fired  upon  the  enemy  by  one  of  Cap- 


Kinston,    Whitehall,    Goldsboro.  65 

tain  Cole's  pickets,  and  the  report  spread 
that  the  rebels  were  approaching  in  force. 
Colonel  Heckmann  had  the  brigade  of  which 
he  is  acting-commander  immediately  drawn 
up  in  line  of  battle,  with  the  intrepid  Ninth 
still  in  the  advance.  After  waiting  about 
half  an  hour,  and  finding  the  enemy  did  not 
approach,  the  Ninth  was  ordered  forward, 
with  skirmishers  to  the  right  and  left,  the 
main  body  being  in  the  Kinston  road.  They 
were  then  within  about  three  miles  from 
Kinston,  and  while  moving  were  occasionally 
saluted  with  a  shot  from  the  enemy's  skir- 
mishers. In  a  short  time  the  firing 
became  more  general,  and  as  the  Jerseymen 
went  on,  closely  followed  by  the  brave  boys 
of  Company  K  of  the  Third  New  York 
Cavalry,  they  returned  the  fire  briskly. 
After  reaching  a  point  bordering  on  a  piece 
of  woods,  the  rebels  commenced  firing  artil- 
lery, nearly  raking  the  road  on  which  our 
troops  were  advancing.  They  then  fired  to 
the  right  and  left,  to  prevent  a  flank  move- 


66  Kinston,    Whitehall,    Goldsboro. 

ment,  which  was  attempted  by  Colonel 
Heckmann.  The  fight  began  now  in  earnest, 
and  as  our  infantry  and  artillery  were 
ordered  up,  regiment  by  regiment.  General 
Wessell  rode  forward,  immediately  followed 
by  General  Poster ;  and  while  the  fighting 
in  front  was  going  on,  the  maneuvering  of 
our  forces  so  as  to  outflank  the  enemy  was 
begun.  General  Foster  ordered  Colonel 
Heckmann  to  take  his  brigade  to  the  right, 
by  the  river  road,  and  attack  the  enemy  on 
their  left  flank;,  the  artillery,  consisting  of 
the  Third  New  York  Artillery,  Belger's 
Rhode  Island  battery,  Schenck's  battery, 
and  two  or  three  others,  closely  following 
the  infantry.  After  getting  into  position  a 
terrible  fire  was  opened  upon  the  enemy 
from  the  front  and  flank.  This  was  with- 
stood with  great  fortitude  and  bravery  by 
the  enemy  for  about  four  hours,  when  a 
dashing  charge,  made  by  several  of  our 
regiments,  caused  the  rebels  to  break  and 
retreat  in  confusion  across  the  bridge,  over 


JCiaston,    Whitehall,    Goldsboro.  67 

the  Neuse,  clear  to  and  through  the  village 
of  Kinston  and  beyond.  Some  places  they 
crossed  in  their  flight  up  the  river,  to  the 
left,  the  water  was  so  deep  that  it  reached 
the  bellies  of  our  cavalry  horses  while  in 
pursuit.  The  Neuse  River  bridge  had  been 
saturated  with  turpentine  in  places,  and  as 
the  enemy  retired  in  their  great  haste  they 
imperfectly  set  fire  to  it;  but  the  fire  was 
easily  extinguished  by  the  aid  of  the  artil- 
lery buckets,  used  for  watering  the  horses. 
It  was  here  we  met  our  saddest  loss,  almost, 
as  it  were,  by  accident.  Colonel  Gray  of  the 
Ninty-sixth  New  York  was  at  work  with 
his  regiment,  endeavoring  to  put  out  the 
fire,  when  a  loaded  musket,  thrown  away 
by  a  flying  rebel,  caught  fire  and  exploded, 
the  charge  entering  the  body  of  the  Colonel, 
and  inflicting  a  wound  which  caused  instant 
death.  His  body  was  brought  to  New  Berne 
by  Company  K,  and  will  be  sent  to  New 
York. 

The  bridge  was  soon  in  condition  to  permit 


68  Kinston,    Whitehall,    Goldsboro. 

the  infantry  to  cross  with  perfect  safety,  our 
artillery  having  in  the  meantime  opened  from 
the  bridge  upon  the  enemy,  who  had  been 
rallied  and  was  again  formed  in  line  of  battle 
about  a  mile  beyond  the  village  of  Kinston. 
The  enemy  made  no  reply  but  with  artillery, 
but  fell  back  behind  a  high  hill  out  of  sight. 
About  2  p.  m.  General  Foster  ordered  troops 
to  enter  the  town,  when  it  was  occupied, 
and  three  brigades  sent  about  two  miles 
beyond.  Seven  or  eight  houses  were  burned 
in  Kinston,  some  say  by  accident  and  some 
by  design,  after  our  men  got  in.  The  rebels 
burned  a  great  amount  of  corn  and  cotton 
before  leaving  the  place.  The  Ninth  New 
Jersey,  taking  the  advance  again,  forced  the 
rebels  from  behind  the  hill  where  they  had 
made  a  stand,  to  a  point  about  three  miles 
from  Kinston,  when  the  troops  encamped 
for  the  night  (Sunday). 

After  reaching  the  town,  Captain  Cole  of 
Company  K,  Third  New  York  Cavalry,  was 
ordered  to  proceed  down  the  river  to  the 


Jiinston,    Whitehall,    G-oldsboro.  69 

blockade,  and  wjiere  a  battery  had  been 
erected  to  play  upon  our  gunboats  if  they 
attempted  to  ascend  the  river.  Captain 
Cole,  on  arriving  at  the  place — a  sort  of  half 
circular  fort,  with  breastworks  a  mile  and  a 
half  long — ascertained  from  a  negro  that  the 
rebels  had  moved  six  brass  pieces  about  six 
hours  before  he  reached  there  ;  that  they  had 
more  guns  there,  and  that  a  guard  had  been 
left  to  protect  them  until  they  could  be 
secured,  the  rebels  not  having  enough  horses 
to  get  them  all  away.  Captain  Cole  attempted 
to  surround  the  fort  and  capture  what  there 
was  remaining  in  it,  when  the  guard  dis- 
covered his  force  and  decamped  for  the 
woods  without  firing  a  shot.  Company  K 
charged  on  the  fort  and  took  possession 
thereof,  capturing  everything  in  it.  The 
armament  remaining  was  found  to  consist  of 
seven  guns,  including  one  eight-inch  colum- 
biad,  two  thirty-two-pounder  iron  guns,  and 
four  six-pounder  iron  guns.  The  four  latter 
were  found  to  be  loaded,  primed  and  ready  to 


70  Kinston,    Whitehall,    Goldsboro. 

be  fired;  but  the  brisk  movements  of  Captain 
Cole  and  his  daring  company  prevented  the 
execution  of  the  latter  deadly  operation. 
Company  K  and  its  commander  have  been 
highly  complimented  by  the  commanding 
General  for  their  gallantry  on  this  occasion. 
A  small  amount  of  provisions,  clothing,  etc., 
was  found  in  the  fort,  which  was  left.  The 
four  six-pounders  were  brought  away;  the 
coiumbiad  and  the  thirty-twos,  being  too 
heavy  to  be  removed,  were  spiked  and  the 
carriages  burned.  Captain  Cole  reached 
Kinston  about  midnight  with  the  trophies. 
The  next  morning  about  5  o'clock  he  received 
orders  from  General  Poster  to  return  to 
New  Berne  with  seven  pieces — two  brass  and 
five  iron — captured  with  other  trophies.  The 
two  brass  pieces  were  the  same  captured 
from  us  at  Little  Washington  about  three 
months  ago.  Captain  Cole  also  brings  the 
remains  of  Colonel  Gray,  of  the  Ninety-sixth 
New  York,  killed  on  Neuse  bridge.  On  his 
way  down  Captain  Cole  captured  eight  rebels 


•  Kinston,    Whitehall,    GolUsboro.  71 

and  brought  them  into  New  Berne.  Three 
belonged  to  South  Carolina  and  four  to 
Georgia. 

The  New  Jersey  Ninth  captured  the  regi- 
mental flag  of  a  South  Carolina  regiment 
before  crossing  the  Neuse  bridge,  and  carry 
it  as  a  trophy  of  their  gallantry. 

Most  of  the  500  rebels  captured  and  pa- 
roled by  General  Foster  belonged  to  South 
Carolina  and  Georgia. 

The  conduct  of  the  Tenth  Connecticut 
Regiment  is  spoken  of  in  the  highest  terms. 
They,  with  the  New  Jersey  Ninth,  were 
particularly  distinguished  for  their  bravery, 
and  suffered  the  most. 

THE   GUNBOATS   IN   THE  BATTLE. 

[Our  New  Berne  Correspondence.] 

NEW  BERNE,  N.  C.,  Dec.  16,  1862. 

An  expedition,  consisting  of  the  gunboats 

Delaware,  Seymour  and  Shawsheen,  of  the 

navy,   under  the  command  of  Commander 

Murray,  United  States  Navy,  and  the  steam- 


72  Jfinston,    Whitehall,    Goldsboro. 

boats  Ocean  Wave,  Allison,  North  State, 
Port  Royal,  and  Wilson,  manned  by  the 
Marine  Artillery  and  commanded  by  Colonel 
Manchester,  left  this  point  on  Thursday 
last,  the  llth  inst.,  to  proceed  up  the  Neuse 
River  to  co-operate  with  the  land  forces  under 
General  Foster  in  his  advance  toward  Kins- 
ton,  or  more  properly  to  effect  a  diversion  in 
General  Foster's  favor.  Owing  to  lack  of 
water  the  gunboats  were  unable  to  go  up  the 
river  more  than  fifteen  or  eighteen  miles,  and 
were  compelled  to  stop  and  allow  the  affair 
to  be  carried  on  by  the  Marine  Artillery 
flotilla  alone.  Colonel  Manchester  assumed 
command  of  the  expedition  from  that  point, 
and  resolutely  pushed  up  toward  Kinston, 
determined  to  reach  the  village  and  partici- 
pate in  its  capture.  The  low  state  of  the 
water  alone  prevented  Commander  Murray 
from  carrying  his  heavy  gunboats  to  the 
town. 

Colonel  Manchester  met  but  little  resist- 
ance going  up,  a  few  scattering  shots  being 


Kinston,    Whitehall,    Goldsboro.  73 

tired  at  him  by  guerillas  on  the  banks.  He 
experienced  much  difficulty,  however,  in 
getting  ahead  rapidly,  because  of  the  bars 
and  shoals,  upon  which  the  boats  grounded. 
But  all  obstacles  being  overcome,  they 
reached  a  point  within  two  miles  of  Kinston 
on  Saturday  afternoon,  when  they  suddenly 
found  themselves  under  the  tire  of  an  eleven 
gun  battery,  which  opened  on  the  Allison, 
the  leading  boat,  as  she  rounded  a  point  of 
land  and  appeared  full  in  view  of  the  ene- 
my's formidable  work,  and  not  over  1,200 
yards  distant.  The  river  was  here  only 
about  one  hundred  feet  in  width,  with 
shoals  on  either  side  of  the  channel,  and  it 
was  found  to  be  utterly  impossible  to  turn 
the  boat.  To  back  out  of  the  scrape  was 
the  only  resort,  and  as  soon  as  that  could  be 
effected  it  was  done  ;  but  not  until  the  Alli- 
son had  been  twenty  minutes  under  an 
exceedingly  hot  fire,  in  which  she  was 
repeatedly  struck  by  shell  and  shot.  She 
returned  the  fire  from  her  thirty-pounder 


74  J&nston,      Whitehall,     Goldsboro. 

Parrott  gun  forward,  and  occasioned  the 
rebels  considerable  loss.  The  Allison  was 
seriously  damaged  in  the  fray.  The  top  of 
her  pilot  house  was  torn  off,  her  smoke  stack 
pierced  by  a  shell,  and  her  steam  safety  pipe 
cut  away.  It  was  a  miracle  she  was  not 
sunk.  Finally  extricating  herself  from  her 
perilous  position,  also  backed  around  the 
point  of  land  and  came  to  anchor  with  the 
rest  of  the  flotilla,  screened  from  the  rebel 
battery  bj7  woods,  but  in  short  range.  There 
they  laid  all  night,  prepared  at  any  moment 
to  repel  any  attempt  on  the  part  of  the 
enemy  to  capture  them  by  boarding.  Sev- 
eral times  during  the  night  they  fired  upon 
the  rebel  reconnoitering  parties,  who  became 
very  bold  in  their  advances. 

All  night  long  our  men  could  hear 
the  rattle  of  trains  over  the  railroad,  evi- 
dently conveying  reinforcements  to  Kinston, 
against  which  General  Foster  had  steadily 
pushed  his  advance,  fighting  for  every  inch 
of  ground.  The  blows  of  axes,  as  the  rebels 


Kinston,    Whitehall,   Goldsboro.  75 

felled  trees  to  block  up  the  avenues  of 
approach  to  the  town,  the  calls  of  soldiers, 
barking  of  dogs,  and  other  sounds,  were 
heard  all  the  night  long  proceeding  from  the 
wooded  shore.  But  no  serious  attempt  was 
made  to  capture  the  boats,  which  might 
have  been  successful  if  well  planned.  On 
Sunday  morning  the  boats  turned,  and  des- 
cended the  stream,  as  the  water  in  the  river 
had  fallen  nearly  fifteen  inches  during  the 
night,  and  promised  to  leave  them  high  and 
dry,  prizes  to  the  rebels,  if  they  much  longer 
delayed  their  return.  On  their  way  down 
they  were  fired  upon  from  the  shores  by 
guerrillas,  who  followed  them  a  distance  of 
twenty  miles,  killing  one  of  our  men  (Ed- 
ward J.  Perkins,  Company  H,  Marine  Artil- 
lery), and  wounding  three  others,  none  very 
seriously.  The  Ocean  Wave,  and,  indeed, 
all  the  boats,  were  more  or  less  injured  by 
musketry  and  field  pieces.  Bullets  were 
found  on  the  Ocean  Wave  dipped  in  verdi- 
gris, to  poison  the  wounds  they  inflicted, 


76  Kinston,    Whitehall,    Goldsboro. 

and  others  had  copper  wire  attached,  for  the 
same  purpose.  The  rebels  evidently  have 
been  taking  some  new  lessons  in  warfare 
from  the  Sepoys  or  Chinese  ;  They  are  apt 
pupils.  It  would  also  appear  that  about 
150  of  these  guerrillas  were  the  attacking 
party,  and  thirty  of  them  were  killed  and 
wounded  before  they  relinquished  the  idea 
of  taking  the  boats,  as  we  have  since 
learned.  The  attempt  to  pen  in  the  boats, 
by  felling  trees  across  the  river,  was 
thwarted  by  the  rapid  movements  of  the 
boats. 

On  our  return  the  Ocean  Wave  was  un- 
fortunate enough  to  stave  a  hole  in  her 
bottom  by  running  on  a  stump,  and  sunk  in 
three  feet  of  water.  She  can  be  raised  with 
but  little  trouble.  Her  guns  have  been  taken 
off,  as  well  as  the  crew,  coal,  provisions,  etc., 
and  she  will  soon  be  afloat.  What  effect 
this  had  on  Gen.  Foster's  fortunes  has  not 
yet  been  ascertained.  It  probably  prevented 
some  rebel  troops  from  meeting  his  forces. 


Kinstori,    Whitehall,    Goldsboro.  77 

If  the  river  had  been  up,  the  flotilla  would 
have  been  of  great  service  in  aiding  in  the 
capture  of  Kinston ;  but  lack  of  water  pre- 
vented it.  Colonel  Manchester  and  the 
officers  and  men  of  the  Marine  Artillery 
have  earned  a  still  higher  reputation  for  their 
gallantry  and  indomitable  perseverance  on 
this  expedition.  They  are  a  valuable  arm  of 
the  service,  and  merit  better  treatment  than 
they  have  received  from  the  authorities.  It 
seems  about  time  to  recognize  them  as  a 
corps,  now  that  they  are  performing  all 
duties  contemplated  in  their  organization. 
Justice  ought  to  be  done  them. 

Commander  Murray  is  displaying  an  im- 
mense deal  of  energy  in  conducting  naval 
operations  in  North  Carolina  waters,  and  is 
greatly  aiding  General  Foster  in  his  opera- 
tions. 

LOSSES   IN   THE   THREE   BATTLES: 

Those  of  Kinston,  Whitehall  and  the  Golds- 
boro Bridge  consolidated. 


78  Jfinston,    Whitehall,    Goldsboro. 

Ninth  New  Jersey,  Col.  C.  A.  Heckmann, 
2  killed,  32  wounded,  2  missing.  Battle  of 
Whitehall,  44  wounded.  Battle  of  Golds- 
boro, 11  wounded. 

Fifth  Rhode  Island,  Capt.  J.  B.  Arnold, 
1  killed,  4  wounded. 

Third  New  York  Artillery,  Capt  J.  J. 
Morrison,  Battery  B,  2  wounded.  Capt- 
E.  S.  Jenney,  Battery  F,  2  wounded. 

Twenty-fourth  New  York  Independent 
Battery,  1  killed. 

General  Wessell's  Brigade  —  Eighty-fifth 
New  York,  3  wounded.  Ninety-sixth  New 
York,  Col.  Charles  O.  Gray,  1  killed,  6 
wounded.  Twenty-second  New  York,  2 
killed,  16  wounded. 

One  Hundred  and  First  Pennsylvania  did 
not  lose  any  in  killed  or  wounded. 

Eighty-fifth  Pennsylvania,  9  wounded. 

One  Hundred  and  Third  Pennsylvania. 
When  this  regiment  went  into  action  it  had 
about  450  men,  and  after  the  action  it  was 
found  that  it  had  14  killed  and  58  wounded. 


Iiinston,   Whitehall,  Goldsboro.  79 

Casualties  in  Second  Brigade,  First  Divis- 
ion, Department  of  North  Carolina,  Col. 
Thos.  Gr.  Stevenson  commanding,  at  Kinston, 
Whitehall,  Everettville,  December  14,  16 
and  17,  1862 : 

Tenth  Connecticut  Volunteers,  Lieut. -Col. 
"Robert  Leggett  commanding,  11  killed,  86 
wounded,  of  whom  10  have  since  died 

Twenty-fourth  Massachusetts  Volunteers, 
Major  Robert  H.  Stevenson  commanding,  1 
killed,  7  wounded. 

Forty-fourth  Regiment  Massachusetts  Vol- 
unteers, Col.  Francis  S.  Lee  commanding,  8 
killed,  13  wounded: 

Fifth  Regiment  Rhode  Island  Volunteers, 
Capt.  Job  Arnold  commanding,  1  killed,  3 
wounded. 

Battery  F,  First  Regiment  Rhode  Island 
State  Artillery,  Capt.  James  Belger,  1  killed, 
8  wounded;  10  horses  killed  and  wounded. 

Report  of  the  casualties  in  the  Third  (Col. 


80  Ifinston,   Whitehall,  Goldsboro. 

H.  C.  Lee's)  Brigade.  The  expedition  to 
Goldsboro  : 

Fifth  Massachusetts  Volunteers,  Col.  Geo. 
H.  Pierson,  7  wounded. 

Third  Massachusetts  Volunteers,  Col.  Silas 
P.  Richmond,  2  wounded. 

Twenty-seventh  Massachusetts  Regiment, 
Col.  H.  C.  Lee,  3  wounded. 

Forty-sixth  Massachusetts  Regiment,  Col. 
George  Bowler,  2  killed,  3  wounded. 

List  of  killed  and  wounded  in  the  First 
Brigade,  first  division,  commanded  by  Col- 
onel Amory: 

Seventeenth  Massachusetts  Volunteers,  1 
killed,  29  wounded. 

Forty-fifth  Massachusetts,  Col.  Chas.  R. 
Codman,  6  killed,  38  wounded. 

Twenty-third  Massachusetts,  14  killed,  52 
wounded. 

Fifty-first  Massachusetts,  Col.  Abram  B. 
R.  Sprague,  2  wounded. 

Forty-third  Massachusetts,  Col.  Chas.  L. 
Holbrook,  2  killed,  ]  wounded. 


Kinston,   Whitehall,  Goldsboro.  81 

Artillery  Brigade,  Col.  J.  H.  Ledlie,  com- 
manding, 2  staff  wounded. 

Battery  B,  Capt.  James  J.  Morrison,  4 
wounded. 

Battery  F,  Capt.  E.  S.  Jenney,  8  wounded. 

Battery  E,  Lieut.  G.  E.  Ashby,  command- 
ing, 3  wounded. 

Battery  I,  Lieut.  George  W.  Thomas,  com- 
manding, I  killed. 

Battery  K,  Capt.  James  K.  Angel,  2 
killed,  5  wounded. 

Twenty-fourth  Battery,  Capt.  J.  E.  Lee, 
1  killed. 

Casualties  in  Third  New  York  Cavalry: 
Company  A,  Capt.  W.  S.  Joy,  3  wounded; 
7  horses  killed. 

Company  B,  Capt.  John  F.  Marshall,  7 
wounded;  10  horses  killed. 

Company  E,  Capt.  F.  Jacobs,  Jr.,  2 
wounded. 

Company  K,  Capt  Geo.  W.  Cole,  2 
wounded. 

It  is  impossible  to  send  the  list  of  the 
missing,  which  may  turn  up  in  a  day  or  two. 


|New  York  Times,  Sept.  3,  1874.] 

MAJOR-GEN.  JOHN  G.  FOSTER. 


The  death  of  this  distinguished  soldier  and  mil- 
itary engineer  is  announced.  He  died  at  his  moth- 
er's residence  at  Nashua,  N.  H.,  at  1  o'clock  yester- 
day morning,  in  the  fifty-first  year  of  his  age. 
He  graduated  at  West  Point,  July  1,  1846,  being 
in  the  same  class  with  Generals  George  B.  McClel- 
lan  and  Stonewall  Jackson.  He  served  in  the  war 
with  Mexico,  1847-48,  attached  to  the  Company  of 
Sappers,  Miners,  and  Pontoniers,  and  was  engaged 
in  the  siege  of  Vera  Cruz,  battle  of  Cerro  Gordo, 
and  battles  of  Contreras  and  Churubusco,  in 
which  he  distinguished  himself.  On  the  20th  of 
August,  1847,  he  was  promoted  Brevet  First  Lieu- 
tenant. He  was  severely  wounded  on  the  8th  of 
September,  1847,  while  leading  the  forlorn  hope 
at  the  capture  of  Molino  del  Rey.  For  'his  gal- 
lant conduct  on  this  occasion  he  was  promoted 
Brevet  Captain,  and  was  placed,  with  full  pay, 
for  more  than  two  years  on  the  sick  list  of  the 
army.  When  convalescent,  he  joined  Gen.  R.  E. 
Lee  at  Baltimore  as  Assistant  Engineer,  and 


Kinston,    Whitehall,   Goldsboro.  83 

afterwards  was  on  the  Coast  Survey.  He  was 
Assistant  Professor  of  Engineering  at  West  Point 
from  January,  1855,  to  June,  1857,  and  Superin- 
tending Engineer  of  the  survey  of  the  site  of  the 
fort  at  Willett's  Point,  Long  Island;  of  the 
preliminary  operations  for  building  a  fort  at 
Sandy  Hook,  N.  J. ;  of  building  Fort  Sumter,  and 
repairs  of  Fort  Moultrie,  Charleston  Harbor, 
South  Carolina,  from  1858  to  1861.  On  the  1st  of 
July,  1860,  he  was  promoted  Captain,  Corps  of 
Engineers,  for  fourteen  years'  continuous  service. 
During  the  rebellion  of  the  seceding  States  he  was 
Chief  Engineer  of  the  fortifications  of  Charleston 
Harbor,  South  Carolina.  He  was  also  engaged  in 
defense  of  Fort  Sumter  from  27th  of  December, 
1860,  to  April  14,  1861,  when  it  was  surrendered 
and  evacuated.  For  the  distinguished  part  taken 
by  him  in  the  transfer  of  the  garrison  of  Fort 
Moultrie  to  Fort  Sumter  he  was,  on  the  20th 
December,  1860,  promoted  Brevet  Major.  Soon 
after  the  surrender  of  Fort  Sumter  he  was  given 
the  command  of  a  brigade,  as  second  to  General 
Burnside  on  the  North  Carolina  expedition,  in 
which  he  again  distinguished  himself.  He  took 
by  storm  the  central  fortification  on  the  Island  of 
Roanoke,  which  soon  led  to  the  entire  possession 
of  the  island.  For  these  services  he  was  promoted 
Brevet  Lieutenant  Colonel  on  the  8th  February, 


84  Kinston,    Whitehall,    Goldsboro. 

1862,  and  Brevet-Colonel  on  the  12th  March,  1862, 
for  gallant  and  meritorious  services  in  the  capture 
of  New  Berne,  N.  C.  He  was  present  at  the 
bombardment  of  Fort  Macon,  which  capitulated 
26th  April,  1862,  and  on  July  1,  1862,  when  Gen. 
Burnside  was  ordered  to  join  Gen.  McClellan,  he 
was  left  in  command  of  the  division,  and  subse- 
quently of  the  whole  department  of  Virginia  and 
North  Carolina,  with  his  headquarters  at  Old 
Point  Comfort.  During  this  period  he  success- 
fully conducted  the  expedition  to  burn  the  Golds- 
boro Railroad  Bridge,  (December,  1862),  was 
engaged  in  the  action  of  Southwest  Creek,  Decem- 
ber 14,  1862;  at  the  battle  of  Kinston  the  follow- 
ing day;  two  days  afterward  at  the  action  of 
Whitehall,  and  on  the  18th  of  December,  1862,  at 
the  action  of  Goldsboro  Bridge.  He  repulsed  the 
jebel  attack  on  New  Berne,  March  14,  1863.  At 
the  time  of  the  investment  of  Little  Washington, 
on  Tar  River,  he  performed  one  of  the  most  gal- 
lant deeds  in  the  annals  of  the  war,  by  running  in 
a  small  steamer  past  the  rebel  batteries  command- 
ing the  channel,  for  the  purpose  of  hurrying  for- 
ward reinforcements  to  relieve  the  little  garrison- 
The  daring  act  was  not  Unobserved  by  the  rebels, 
who  sent  a  solid  shot  through  the  stateroom  of  the 
General,  but  as  he  happened  to  be  on  deck,  he  es- 


Jfittston,    Whitehall,    Goldsboro.  85 

caped  harm,    reached  New  Berne  in   safety,  and 
accomplished  his  purpose. 

On  December  12,  1863,  he  relieved  General 
Burnside  and  took  command  of  the  Army  and 
Department  of  the  Ohio,  which  he  retained  up  to 
February  9,  1864,  when  he  was  obliged  to  relin- 
quish the  command  in  consequence  of  severe  in- 
juries from  the  fall  of  his  horse.  He  was  obliged 
to  be  removed  to  Baltimore  for  surgical  assistance, 
and  while  yet  on  his  crutches,  he  was,  on  the  26th 
of  May,  1864,  placed  in  command  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  the  South,  and  met  and  aided  General 
Sherman  when  he  completed  his  march  to  the  sea. 
He  was  in  command  of  this  department  up  to  Feb- 
ruary 11,  1865,  when  he  was  again  relieved  for 
surgical  treatment.  He  was  promoted  Brevet 
Brigadier-General  on  March  13,  1865,  for  gallant 
and  meritorious  services  in  the  capture  of  Savan- 
nah, Ga.,  and  on  the  same  day  Brevet  Major-Gen- 
eral for  "  meritorious  services  in  the  field  during 
the  Rebellion."  He  subsequently  commanded  the 
Department  of  Florida  from  August  7,  1865,  to 
December  5,  1866,  and  was  on  temporary  duty  in 
the  Engineer  Bureau,  Washington,  from  January 
to  May,  1867.  General  Foster  had  been  in  ill- 
health  for  about  a  year,  and  his  condition  recently 
was  such  as  to  leave  no  hope  of  his  recovery.  He 
was  a  man  of  commanding  presence,  great  execu- 


86  Ifinston,    Whitehall,   Goldsboro. 

tive  ability,  aud  undaunted  courage,  and  was  at 
all  times  very  popular  with  those  under  his  com- 
mand. The  funeral  will  take  place  at  10  o'clock, 
a.  m.,  Saturday,  with  military  honors.  It  is  ex- 
pected that  a  detachment  of  regulars  from  Fort 
Warren  will  attend  the  funeral. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  citizens  of  Nashua  last 
night,  to  'make  arrangements  for  the  funeral  of 
General  Foster  on  Saturday,  a  committee  was 
appointed  to  co-operate  with  the  City  Govern- 
ment. The  public  buildings  will  be  draped  and 
business  suspended.  Invitations  were  sent  to 
President  Grant,  the  Secretary  of  War,  Ex- Gov- 
ernor Allen,  of  New  Hampshire,  and  other  dislin-1 
guished  persons 


[New  York  Herald,  Sept.  6, 1874.] 
OBSEQUIES   OF   GENERAL   FOSTER. 


IMPRESSIVE   CEREMONIES -AT  NASHUA,    N.  H. 
NASHUA,  N.  H.,  Sept,  .">,  1*74. 

Since  the  obsequies  of  Major  Ainsworth,  a 
Nashua  man  who  fell  at  the  head  of  his  command 
at  Front  Royal,  there  has  not  been  so  profound  an 
expression  of  sorrow  as  that  evinced  in  this  city 
to-day,  over  the  death  and  funeral  rites  of  her 


Jiiitston,    Whitehall,    Goldsboro.  87 

honored  citizen,  patriot  and  gallant  soldier  of  two 
wars,  Major-General  John  G.  Foster.  The  morn- 
ing dawned  foggy  and  heavy,  but  mellowed  into 
autumnal  splendor,  while  the  populace  seemed 
subdued  in  thought  and  mindful  that  one  was 
being  consigned  to  mother  earth  who  had  per- 
formed his  duty  to  his  country  wisely  and  well. 
The  mills  and  workshops,  stores  and  offices  were 
closed,  and  the  citizens  and  citizen-soldiers  of 
Nashua  and  vicinity  vied  with  one  another  in  pay- 
ing the  last  sad  tribute  of  respect  to  a  son  of  New 
Hampshire  who  has  honored  her  on  many  fields  of 
carnage,  and  whose  name  is  a  household  Avord 
with  her  children. 

At  8  o'clock  a  requiem  mass  was  held  at  the 
Church  of  the  Immaculate  Conception  by  Rev. 
John  O'Donnell,  and  at  the  same  hour  a  detail  of 
ten  men  from  Post  John  G.  Foster,  under  com- 
mand of  Colonel  George  Bowers,  took  charge  of 
the  remains  at  the  residence  of  his  mother  on 
Orange  square,  where  the  body  laid  in  state  two 
hours.  Lighted  candles  were  burning  at  the  head 
and  feet,  according  to  the  custom  of  the  Catholic 
Church.  . 

The  body  was  encased  in  a  heavy  rosewood 
casket,  upon  which  lay  the  sword,  sash  and  belt 
of  the  deceased  soldier.  On  the  inner  side  of  the 
lid,  which  was  turned  back,  was  a  large  floral 


88  J£inston,    Whitehall,    Goldsboro 

wreath  about  a  heavy  silver  coffin  plate,  upon 
which  were  handsomely  engraved  emblems  of  the 
army  and  the  following  inscription: — "John  Gray 
Foster,  Lieutenant-Colonel  Engineers,  Brevet 
Major-General  United  States  Army,  died  Septem- 
ber 2,  1874,  aged  51  years."  Hundreds  of  citizens, 
women  and  children  viewed  the  remains,  and 
hundreds  more,  owing  to  the  crowd,  were  unable 
to  look  upon  the  face  of  the  dead,  which,  although 
emaciated  by  disease,  bore  the  soldierly  impress 
it  was  wont  to  bear  in  life.  The  arrangements  at 
the  house  were  under  the  direction  of  Captain 
Solomon  Spalding. 

The  city  flags  were  at  half-mast,  minute  guns 
were  fired  from  10  until  12  o'clock,  and  all  the 
bells  in  the  city  were  tolled.  The  cortege  received 
the  remains  at  his  mother's  residence  and  pro- 
ceeded to  the  Church  of  the  Immaculate  Concep- 
tion, the  nave  of  which  was  heavily  draped  in 
mourning,  via.  Orange,  Concord,  Main,  East  Pearl 
and  Temple  streets,  where  the  body  was  placed  in 
front  of  the  altar,  and  the  funeral  service  of  the 
Catholic  Church  was  performed  by  the  Right 
Rev.  Bishop  Lynch,  of  South  Carolina.  The  fu- 
neral oration  was  delivered  by  Rev.  Robert 
Fulton,  S.  J.,  and  President  of  the  Boston  Col- 
lege, connected  with  the  Church  of  the  Immacu- 


Jfinston,    Whitehall,    Goldsboro.  89 

late  Conception,  of  which  the  deceased  soldier 
was  a  member. 

The  singing,  which  was  grand  and  appropriate, 
was  by  the  choir  of  the  Church  of  St.  Aloysius, 
assisted  by  General  Michael  T.  Donahue  and 
others,  from  Boston,  and  John  McEvoy,  of  Lowell. 

At  the  close  of  the  exercises  in  the  church  the 
procession  was  re-formed,  when  it  proceeded 
through  Amory  street  to  Canal  street,  up  Canal 
street  to  the  Nashua  Cemetery,  in  the  rear  of  the 
Unitarian  church,  where  the  remains  of  the  gal- 
lant dead  were  interred  with  those  of  his  kindred, 
and  the.  grave  blessed  by  Rev.  Father  O'Donnell. 


90  Kinston,    Whitehall,    Goldsboro. 

The  following  regiments  participated  in 
these  battles : 

Third  Regiment  Massachusetts  Volunteer 
Militia,  Col.  S.  P.  Richmond. 

Fifth  Regiment  Massachusetts  Volunteer 
Militia,  Col.  G-eo.  H.  Pierson. 

^Eighth  Regiment  Massachusetts  Volun- 
teer Militia,  Col.  F.  J.  Coffin. 

Seventeenth  Regiment  Massachusetts  Vol- 
unteer Infantry,  Col.  T.  J.  C.  Amory. 

Twenty-third  Regiment  Massachusetts 
Volunteer  Infantry,  Major  J.  G.  Chambers. 

Twenty-fourth  Regiment  Massachusetts 
Volunteer  Infantry,  Col.  T.  G.  Stevenson. 

Twenty-fifth  Regiment  Massachusetts  Vol- 
unteer Infantry,  Col.  Josiah  Picket. 

Twenty-seventh  Regiment  Massachusetts 
Volunteer  Infantry,  Col.  H.  C.  Lee. 

Forty-third  Regiment  Massachusetts  Vol- 
unteer Militia,  Col.  Chas.  L.  Holbrook. 

*Eighth  Massachusetts  Regiment  garrison  New  Berne 
while  the  other  troops  were  away. 


Kinston,    Whitehall,    Goldsboro.  91 

Forty-fourth  Regiment  Massachusetts  Vol- 
unteer Militia,  Col.  Francis  S.  Lee. 

Forty -fifth  Regiment  Massachusetts  Vol- 
unteer Militia,  Col.  Chas.  R.  Codman. 

Forty-sixth  Regiment  Massachusetts  Vol- 
unteer Militia,  Col.  Greo.  Bowler. 

Fifty-first  Regiment  Massachusetts  Volun- 
teer Militia,  Col.  A.  B.  R.  Sprague. 

Battery  F,  First  Regiment  Rhode  Island, 
Capt.  James  Belger. 

Fifth  Regiment  Rhode  Island  Volunteers, 
Capt  Job  Arnold. 

Third  Regiment  Cavalry,  New  York  State 
Volunteers,  Col.  S.  H.  Mix.  Company  A, 
Capt.  Walter  S.  Joy ;  Company  B,  Capt. 
John  F.  Marshall ;  Company  E,  Capt.  Fer- 
rish  Jacobs,  Jr. ;  Company  K,  Capt.  George 
W.  Cole. 

Third  New  York  Artillery,  State  Volun- 
teers, Col.  J.  H.  Ledlie.  Battery  B,  Capt. 
Joseph  J.  Morrison;  Battery  C,  Lieut.  Gr.  E. 
Ashby ;  Battery  F,  Capt.  E.  S.  Jenney ; 


92  JETinston,    Whitehall,   Goldsboro. 

Battery  I,  Capt.  John  H.  Ammon  ;  Battery 
K,  Capt.  James  R.  Angel. 

Twenty-second  New  York  Infantry,  State 
Volunteers,  Col.  Walter  Phelps,  Jr. 

Eighty-fifth  New  York  Infantry,  State 
Volunteers,  Col  J.  S.  Belknap. 

Ninety-sixth  New  York  Infantry,  State 
Volunteers,  Col.  Chas.  O.  Gray. 

Tenth  Connecticut  Volunteers,  Col.  E.  D. 
S.  Goodyear. 

Twenty-fourth  Independent  Battery,  New 
York  State  Volunteers,  Capt.  T.  E.  Lee. 

Ninth  Regiment  New  Jersey  Infantry, 
Col.  C.  A.  Heckmann. 

Eighty-fifth  Regiment  Pennsylvania. 

One  Hundred  and  First  Regiment  Penn- 
sylvania. 

One  Hundred  and  Third  Regiment  Penn- 
sylvania. 


INDEX. 


Ainsworth,  Major         .....         86 

Allen,  Ex-Gov.      .         .         .         .         .         .         86 

Allison  .  ».          .          .          .60,  72,  73 

Allis' Flying  Artillery  .          .          .       17,32,42 

Ammon,  Captain  John  H.    .         .         .  44,  91 

Ammon's  Battery          .....         44 

Amory,  Colonel  Thomas  J.  C.     .         .         .  80,  90 

Amory's  Brigade  .         .         .         .50,  55,  80 

Angel,  Captain  James  R.      .         .         .  81,91 

Angel's  Battery  .....         42 

Ashby,  Lieut.  G.  E 81 

Arnold,  Job  Col.  B 78,  79 

Atlantic  and  North  Carolina  R.  R.       .         .         58 
Ball's  Bluff  .....  54,  59 

Baltimore,  Md.     ......         85 

Belger's  Battery  F,  First  Rhode  Island  Artil'y 

39,  51,  66,  79,  90 
Belger,  Captain  James,         ...  44,  79 

Belknap,  Col.  J.  L 91 

Black  Pioneer  Brigade         .         .         .         .         12 
Boston,  Mass.        .         .         .         .         .         .         89 

Boston  College 88 

Bowler,  Col.  George     .         .         .         .  80,  91 


ii  Index. 

Bowers,  Col,  George     .  ...         87 

Butler,  Henry 26 

Butler,  Aug.  G.  .         .  .         .         11 

Bradford,  J.   A. 22 

Burnside,  Gen.  A.  E.  ....         83 

Catholic  Church  .  .         .  88,  89 

Cerro  Gordo 82 

Chambers,  Major  John  G.    ,         .         .  57,89 

Chapman,  Franklin      .         .         .         .         .         13 

Chapman, wounded      ....          63 

Charleston  Harbor,  S.  C 83 

Cherebusco  ......         82 

Chinese         .         .         .         .         .  .         76 

Church  of  the  Immaculate  Conception  87,  89 

Church  of  St.  Aloysius          .  .         .         89 

Clifford         ...  ...    -      1 

Codman,  Col.  C.  R 80,  91 

Coffin,  Col.  F.  T 90 

Cole,  Capt.  Geo.  W.    11,  13,  2 1,  61,  62,  65,  68,  69, 

70,  81,  91 

Company  B,  Third  New  York  Cavalry  10,  61,  91 
Company  K,- Third  New  York  Cavalry  10,  13,  22, 

61,  65,  68,  70,  80,  91 

Company  K,  Ninth  New  Jersey  .         .         63 

Company  K,  Ninety-sixth  New  York  .         67 

Confederate  States  .....  45 
Connecticut  Tenth  Infantry  If,  21,  57,  71,  78,  92 
Contreras  82 


Index.  iii 

Costello,  John,  wounded  .  .  .  1 1,  62 

Day,  Lieut.  S.  S. 12 

Department  of  Florida  .  .  .  .  85 
Department  of  the  South  85 

Dublin  County,  North  Carolina  .  .  45 

Dudley  Station,  N.  C.  .  .  .  .  41 

Donahue,  Gen.  M.  T.  ....  89 

Eighth  Massachusetts  Infantry  .  .  90,  91 

Eighteenth  South  Carolina  Regiment  .  16 

Eighty-fifth  New  York  Infantry,  .  78,  92 

Eighty-eighth  New  York  Infantry  .  15,  91 

Eighty -fifth  Pennsylvania  .  14,  15,  78,  92 

Ellis,  John  W 46 

Evans,  Maj.-Gen.  N.  S.  17,  19,  20,  22,  24,  54,  56,  59 

Evansville,  N.  C 79 

Everett  Station  .  .  .  .  .  .  41 

Fellows,  Lieut.-Col.  John  F 36 

Fifth  Massachusetts  Infantry  ,  .  80,  90 

Fifty-first  Massachusetts  Infantry  .  80,  Ml 

Fifth  Rhode  Island  Infantry  .  79,  91 

Fitzsimmons,  Major  Chas.  .  .  .  41 

Florida,  Department  of  ....  85 
Forty-sixth  Regiment  Massachusetts  Volunteer 

Infantry 58,  80,  91 

Forty-third  Regiment  Massachusetts  Volunteer 

Militia  Infantry  ...  42,  80,  90 

Forty-fourth  Regiment  Massachusetts  Volunteer 

Militia  Infantry     .         .         .         .         55,  79,  91 


iv  Index. 

Forth-fifth  Regiment  Massachusetts  Volunteer 

Militia  Infantry  .         .      15,  16,  55,  80,  91 

Foster,  Maj.-Gen.  John  G.  9,  19,  20,  21,  29,  30,34, 

37,   38,  42,  48,  50,  58,  60,  66,  68,  70,  71,  72,  74, 

76,  77,  82,  86,  87,  88 

Foster,  Maj.-Gen.  John  G.,  Obsequies  of     .         86 
Foster,  Maj.-Gen.  John  G.,  Post          .  87 

Franklin,  N.  C 39 

Franklin,  Major  .         .         .         .  18,  19 

Front  Royal 86 

Fulton,  Rev.  Robert     .         .         .         .         .         88 
Garrard,  Major  Jeptha          17,  24,  28,  29,  31,  41,  42 

Georgia        . 71 

Georgia,  Savannah        .         .  •  .         .         85 

Goldsboro  19,  22,  27,  32,  33,  40,  44,  49,  56,  58, 

59,  77 

Goldsboro  R.  R.  Bridge        .         .         .     48,  77,  84 
Goldsboro  and  Wilmington  R.  R.         .  32,  41 

Grant,  President  U.  S.  ....         86 

Gray,  Col.  Charles  O.  .          20,  «7,  70,  78,  92 

Gray,  Col.  Chas.  O.,  Death  of      .         .  57,  67 

Graham,  Lieut.  Geo.  W 38 

Gunboats  : 

Delaware       .         .         .         .         .         .         71 

Seymour        .         .         .         .         .         .         71 

Shawsheen     .         .         .         .         .         .         71 

Harper  Bros 5 

Harper's  History  of  the  Rebellion        .         .  5 


Index.  v 

Heckmann,  Col.  C.  A.        10,  13,  21,  37,  62,  63,  65, 

66,  78,  92 
Holbrook,  Col.  Chas.  L.         .         .       13,  42,  80,  90 

Hunt,  Col.  Lewis  C 21 

Jacobs,  Jr.,  Capt.  Ferris       .          17,  32,  33,  41,  91 
Jackson,  Gen.  Stonewall       .  •       .         .         .         82 
Jenney,  Capt.  E.  S.  .  15,  24,  78,  81,  91 

Jerseymen  ......         64 

Joy,  Capt.  Walter  S.    .         .         .         .         .         81 

Kennedy,  Major  T.  D.         .         .         .         .         44 

Kingsley,  Franklin 11 

Kinston,  K  C.  9,  14,  18,  23,  24,  27,  46,  48,  49,  51, 
53,  55,  56,  58,  59,   60,  61,  65,  67,  68,  72,  73,  74, 

77,84 
Ledlie,  Col.  J.  H.  .         .  21,30,50,81,91 

Lee's  Brigade 39,  50,  55 

Lee,  Col.  Francis  S 79,  91 

Lee,  Col.  H.  C 80,  90 

Lee,  Capt.  O.  E. 92 

Lee,  Gen.  R.  E 82 

Leggett,  Lieut-Col.       .         .         .         .  79,  91 

Lemon,  Win 38 

Little  Washington,  N.  C.     .         .         .  70,  84 

Lincoln,  Abraham         .....         45 

Lowell,  Mass.        ......         89 

Lynch,  Rev.  Bishop.      .....         88 

Macon,  Fort,  S.  C 84 

Manchester,  Lieut.-Col.  H.  A.       .       17,  60,  72,  77 


vi  Index. 

Marine  Artillery,  New  York          .         .     72,  75  77 
Marshall,  Capt.  James  F.     .         .        10,  61,  81,  91 

Massachusetts 29,  30 

"  Third  Regiment  Vol.  M.         80,  90 

"  Fifth  Regiment  Vol.  M.         80,  90 

"  Eighth  Regiment  Vol.  M.      89,  90 

Seventeenth  Regiment  Inf.    16,  36, 

37,  38,  80,  90 

"  Twenty-third  Regiment  Inf.  16,  54, 

57,  80,  90 
"              Twenty-fourth  Regiment  Inf. 

79,  90 
Twenty-fifth  Regiment  Inf.         90 

"  Twenty-seventh  Regiment  Inf. 

80,  90 
"              Forty-third  Regiment  Vol.  M. 

42,  80,  90 
"  Forty-fourth  Regiment  Vol.  M. 

55,  79,  91 
Forty-fifth  Regiment   Vol.  M. 

15,  16,  55,  80,  91 
"  Forty-sixth  Regiment  Vol.  M. 

58,  80,  91 
",              Fifty-first   Regiment  Vol.   M. 

80,  91 
McClellan,  Gen.  George  B.  ...         82 

McEvoy,  Jehu  ' 89 

Merrimac      .  ....         27 


Index.  vii 

Mexico          .......         82 

Mexico,  Molino  del  Rev       .         .         .         .         82 

Mix's  Cavalry 51,  53 

Mix,  Col.  Simon  H 51,  50,  90 

Mix,  Lieut.  John  .         .         .         .  12,  51 

Mollett,  Col 16 

Morrison,  Capt.  Joseph  J.  13,  44,  50,  52,  78,  81,  91 
Morrison's  Battery  12,  13,  14,  39,  44,  48,  52 

Mosely  Hall,  N.  C 27 

Moultrie,  Fort,  S.  C 83 

Mount  Olive  Station,  N.  C.         29,  31,  32,  33,  34.  44 

Murray,  Capt 17 

Murray,  Commander  A.        .         .         .     71,  72,  77 

Nashua,  N.  H 82,  86,  89 

Nethercote,  Major  .  .  .  .  .  16 
Nethercote's  N.  C.  Battalion  .  .  16,  61 

Neucommer,  .         .         .'        .  14,  70 

Neuse  River  Bridge  .....  66 
Neuse  River  .  .  16,  23,  27,  41,  42,  56,  59 
New  Berne  9,  47,  58,  60,  62,  67,  70,  71,  83,  84 

New  Hampshire  .         .         .         .  86,  87 

New  York  Third  Artillery:— 

A 43 

B  ...       43,  50,  58,  60,  77,  80,  91 

C 43,  91 

D 43 

E 43,  80,  81,  91 

V  43,  77,  91 


viii  Index. 

New  York  Third  Artillery,  continued. 

H 43 

I 43,  80,  92 

K 43,  80,  81,  92 

New  York  Third  Artillery     12,  13,  14,  18,  24,  43, 

44,  50,  66,  77 

New  York  Third  Cavalry  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  17,  22, 
24,  26,  32,  41,  43,  51,  57,  59,  80,  91 

A 46,  91 

B 10,  91 

C 26 

D 43,  46 

E 91 

G 43,  46 

K  10,  13,  22,  58,  61,  68,  69,  91 

New  York  Eighty-eighth  Infantry       .         ,         15 

"  Ninety-second  Infantry       .         ,         15 

"  Ninety-sixth  Infantry  15,  57,  67,  70,  78 

New  York  Herald         ....  5,  86 

New  York  Times          .         .         .         .  5,  81 

New  Yorkers         .         .         .         .         .         .         59 

New  York 1,5 

Nicolo, 23 

Ninth  New  Jersey       10,  12,  13,  14,  15,  18,  21,  28, 
29,  36,  37,   43,  50,  52,  53,  54,  55,  62,  63,  64,  68, 

70,  71,  78,  92 

North  Carolinians         .         .         .         .         .         59 
North  Carolina      .  1,  33,  45,  54,  77,  78,  83,  92 


Index.  ix 

North  Carolina  Infantry      .         .         .         .         16 

"  "         Second  Cavalry  .         .         59 

"         Third  Cavalry  .         .         16 

<•         Rebel  Troops  .         .         60 

Ocean  Wave,  Gunboat         .         .         .60,  75,  76 

O'Donnell,  Rev.  John  ...  87,  89 

Ohio,  Department  of  ....         85 

Old  Point  Comfort,  Va 84 

One  Hundred  and  First  Pennsylvania  15,  78,  92 
One  Hundeed  and  Third  Pennsylvania  15,  78,  92 

Parrott  Gun 74 

Peck's,  Gen.,  Brigade  ....         50 

Perkins,  Edward  J.,  Death  of  .  .  .  75 
Perkins,  Lieut.  W.  W.,  Death  of  .  .  57 
Pennsylvania  Eighty-fifth  Regiment  15,  78,  92 
Pennsylvania  One  Hundred  and  First  15,  78,  92 
Pennsylvania  One  Hundred  and  Third  15,  78,  92 

Pettigrew,  Gen.  J.  J 37 

Phelps,  Col.  Walter,  Jr 92 

Pickett,  Col.  Josiah  .  ,  .  .  .  90 
Pierson,  Col.  George  N.  79,  90 

Pioneers,  Contraband  .         .         .         .         10 

Poisoned  Bullets  .....         75 

Pond,  Capt.  K  P 32 

Porter,  Col 19 

Provost-Marshall,  Major  Franklin  .  .  18 
Ransom's  Twenty-third  N.  Y.  Artillery  .  41 
Richmond,  Col.  S.  P.  ...  80,  90 


x  Index. 

Rhode  Island  Fifth  Regiment  Infantry       .         91 
Riggs',  William  J.,  Battery         ...         44 

Raleigh,  N.  C 16 

Roanoke  Island,  N.  C.          ....         83 
Rocket  Battery  .         .         .         .         .         38 

Rogers,  — = .         .         .         .         .         ,         22 

Rodman  Gun        .         .         .         .         .         .         13 

Sandy  Hook,  K  J 83 

Savannah,  Ga.      .         .  .         .         .         8§ 

Schenck,  Capt.  Theo.  H.,  Battery         .  62,  66 

Second  N".  C.  Cavalry  .         .         .         .         59 

•Seventeenth  Infantry,  Massachusetts  Volunteers 

16,  36,  37,  38,  80,  90 

Sepoys 76 

Sherman,  Gen.  W.  TV  .         .         .         .         85 

Sleight,  Capt.  J.  C 41 

Snow  Hill,  N.  C.  .         .         .         .         .         57 

South  Carolina  Regiments       39,  44,  48,  54,  56,  57 

South  Carolina  Second  Cavalry  .         .         16 

"  "        Seventeenth  Infantry  .         16 

"  "        Eighteenth  Infantry     .         .          ]  6 

"     '   Twenty-third  Infantry         .         16 

Southwest  Creek,  N.  C.         .         .         .     11,61,84 

Spalding,  Capt.  S 88 

Sprague,  Col.  A.  B.  R.         .         .         .  80,  91 

Steamboats  : — 

Ocean  Wave 60,  71,  76 

Allison  60,  72,  73 


Index.  xi 

Steamboats,  continued. 

North  State 71 

Port  Royal 71 

Wilson 71 

Stevenson's  Brigade     .         .  .  50,  55 

Stevenson,  Thomas  G.  Col.  .         .  79,  90 

Stevenson,  Major  R.  N.  .         .         .         79 

Suffolk,  Virginia  .         .         .  .         50 

Sumter,  Fort,  S.  C 82,  83 

Tar  River 84 

Tenth  Conn.  Volunteer  Inf.     18,  21,  51,  71,  79,  92 
Third  Massachusetts  Volunteers  .  80,  90 

Third  New  York  Artillery      12,  13,  14,  18,  24,  43, 

44,  50,  66,  77 

Third  New  York  Cavalry         9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  17, 
22,  24,  26,  32,  41,  43,  51,  57,  59,  80,  91 
Third  New  York  Cavalry : — 

Company  A  .          .          .          .  46,  91 

B  .  10,  91 

D 26,  43 

E 91 

G 43,  46 

K       .          10,  13,  22,  58.  61,  68,  69,  91 

Trenton,  N.  C 

Trent  Road 50 

Trent  River 50 

Twenty-third  Infantry,  ^Massachusetts  Volunteers 

16,  54,  57,  80,  90 


xii  Index. 

Twenty-fifth  Massachusetts  Volunteers  .  90 
Twenty.fourth  Massachusetts  Volunteers  79,  90 
Twenty-seventh  Massachusets  Volunteer  Inf. 

80,  90 

Twenty-third  New  York  Independent  Battery  44 
Twenty-fourth  New  York  Independent  Battery 

44,  77,  80,  92 

Union  Troops        .         .         .  .  58,  59 

United  States  Navy      .         .         .         .         .         71 

Vera  Cruz  81 

Washington,  D.  C 85 

Wayne  County,  N.  C.  .         .         .  45,  56 

Weldon,  N.  C 49 

Wells,  Capt.  Henry  A.,  Death  of  .  .  57 
Wessell's  Brigade  13,  15,  29,  50,  53,  54,  55,  78 
Wessell,  Gen.  H.  W.  ,  .  15,  59,  65 

West  Point 83 

Whitehall,  N.  C.    1,  5,  9,  24,  28,  29,  aO,  31,  40,  43j 

52,  77,  84 

Whitfield,  Capt. 50 

Willett's  Point,  Long  Island  ...  82 
Wilmington  and  Weldon  R.  R.  .  49,  58 

Wilmington,  N.  C 31,  32,  40 

Wilson,  Capt.  John,M 32 

Wilson,  Henry  W 10 


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